Southeast Asian Treaty Organization (SEATO), 209
South Korea, 31, 34, 68, 179, 215, 255
democracy in, 89
economy of, 263, 267, 273, 278
Gulf War I and, 307
military bases in, 8, 56, 92–93, 107–8, 202–3
U.S.-North Korea tensions and, 89–95
weapons sales to, 279
South Ossetia (Georgia), 176
South Vietnam, 31, 135, 203
Southwestern Asia, 168
sovereignty, 284
Soviet Union.
Soyster, Harry E., 141
space, 124, 311
intelligence and, 81, 161–63, 165–66, 224
militarization of, 79–86, 311
Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS), 162
Space Command, U.S., 79, 81, 122
Space Systems Company (Lockheed), 80
Spain, 75, 152, 189
Civil War in, 203–4
empire of, 24, 40, 42, 43, 190, 257
Spangdahlem airfield (Germany), 194
Spanish-American War, 2, 39–45, 52, 67
military bases and, 189, 192–93, 207
Spartacist revolt, 139
Special Access Programs (SAPs), 118–19
Special Forces (special operations)
Afghanistan, 11, 182
allies and, 130
Baku-Ceyhan pipeline and, 175–76
CIA displaced by, 126–30
CINCs and, 124
Djibouti and, 252
El Salvador and, 126
Indonesia and, 137–38
Iraq war and, 242
military training and, 132, 135
number of, 129
Philippines and, 213-14
as president’s private army, 12
roots of, 123-24
secret budget for, 118
spouse murders by, 108
SWAT team, proposed, 129–30
“Special Operations and Joint Forces in Countering Terrorism” (Defense Science Board), 129
Special Operations Command, 129
speculators, 26, 273
