The Sorrows of Empire: Militarism, Secrecy, and the End of the Republic

imperialism and, 187, 214–15

movies about, 112–13

perpetual or permanent, 285, 291, 309

pretexts for, 214, 301–3

profiteering, 277, 279–81

space and, 27–28

technology of, 27–28, 288–91

“total,” 28

war crimes, 4, 74–75

War Department, 45, 117

“war on drugs,” 167, 278–79

“war on terrorism,” 2, 4, 21, 68

assassinations and, 291

Bush II declares, 6, 292, 294

cost of, 306

globalization and, 272

Iraq and, 229, 235

military bases and, 215

oil and, 167, 169, 176, 227

Philippines and, 193, 213–14

preventive war and, 286

training of foreign troops and, 132, 133

unilateralism and, 77

warrior culture, 26–27, 61, 188

Warsaw Pact, 19, 162, 197–98

Washington, George, 39, 44, 46, 48

“Washington Consensus,” 260, 268–69, 276

Washington Post, 67, 172, 201, 292, 304

Watergate, 3, 118, 284, 295

Watson, Roland, 110

Wayne, John, 58–59

“weapons of mass destruction,” 20, 22, 188

Cold War and, 258

Iraq and, 94, 229–31, 302–3

secret funds and, 117

unilateralism and, 77, 285

weapons purchases, 55–56, 55

weapons sales, 124, 132, 135, 137, 251

amount of, 63, 133, 214

to Iraq, 224, 225

subsidized, 278–81

Weaver, Randy, 121

Weber, Max, 12, 13

Weekly Standard, 228

Weinberger, Caspar, 18, 114

Weiner, Tim, 128

Wells, Andrew, 36

Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHISC), 136–37