East Germany and, 7, 8
economy of, 258, 263
empire of, 31–34, 69
end of empire, 19, 20, 22–23, 189, 310
“evil empire” label and, 2–3, 67
oil and, 168–69
U.S. surveillance of, 162, 163
weapons sales, 214
WW II and, 194, 300
Union Oil Company of California (Unocal), 172, 176–80, 228
Unisys, 224
United Arab Emirates, 179, 222, 233, 307
military bases in, 24, 215, 242, 244, 249–50
United Nations (UN), 63, 68, 69, 76–78, 80
Afghanistan and, 180
East Timor and, 125
imperialism and, 283–84
Iraq and, 225, 229–30, 232–33, 236, 302–5
war crimes tribunal, 74
UN Charter, 77–78, 86, 200
UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, 290–91
UN General Assembly, 86, 133
UN Security Council, 72, 73, 77–78, 299
Powell presentation to, 301–4
resolution 1441, 224
U.S. Congress, 9, 68, 74, 84, 117, 129, 163, 199, 275, 284, 296, 306
Budget Office, 307
covert operations and, 117–19, 128
defense spending and, 56–58, 248, 306, 309
Gulf War I and, 230–31
Indonesia and, 125
Iraq and, 292
military circumvents, 125, 128, 130, 133, 136–38, 142
need for reform of, 312
powers of 12, 44–45, 292, 294
Roman senate compared with, 16
Spanish-American War and, 40, 41, 43–45
Vietnam and, 61, 301
WW I and, 49, 50
WW II and, 52
U.S. Export Import Bank, 278–79
U.S. House of Representatives, 56, 86–87, 111, 297
United States Information Agency, 64
U.S. Senate, 51, 111, 127, 205–6
Appropriations Committee, 57
Foreign Relations Committee, 152
Intelligence Committee, 295, 305
Judiciary Committee, 297
