professional military class, 55, 58–61
Project for the New American Century (PNAC), 228, 229, 230, 234, 235
propaganda, 114, 285, 298–303
Iraq and, 229–31
protectionism, 263
public health, 122, 260
Puerto Rico, 42, 152, 192
Pulitzer, Joseph, 40
Punjabis, 70
Qatar, 4, 222, 233
military bases in, 24, 215, 241, 242, 244, 246–49
racial minorities, in armed forces, 104–5, 110
racism, 25
armed forces and, 104, 107–10
“extraterritoriality” and, 35
imperialism and, 29, 47, 50, 51
liberalism and, 261
Philippines and, 43–44
Wen-ho Lee case and, 87
RAF Chicksands Priory (Britain), 162, 164
RAF Croughton (Britain), 164
RAF Menwith Hill (Britain), 161, 162, 164, 165
RAF Morwenstow (Britain), 162
Ramstein Air Force Base (Germany), 154, 194
Rand Corporation, 82
Rangwala, Glen, 303, 304
Rapid Deployment Force, 223
“rapid dominance,” 290
Rashid, Ahmed, 179
raw materials, 208, 258
Raytheon, 57, 279, 280
Reagan, Ronald, 16–17, 126, 178, 228, 235, 259, 298
defense spending and, 56
El Salvador and, 126
“evil empire” speech, 17, 67
Grenada and, 114
Iraq and, 224–25, 300
military and, 53, 61–62
neocons and, 70
Persian Gulf and, 223, 224
Philippines and, 212
special forces and, 128
star wars and, 84
Vietnam and, 60
“realists,” 19
Red Horse squadrons, 239, 252
Red Sea, 242, 252
Regal Entertainment Group, 114
