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

West Point, 5–6, 104

Wheeler, Winslow T, 292

White, Thomas E., 63

White Beach (Okinawa), 163

“white man’s burden,” 261

whites, racial gangs and, 110

Whitlam, Gough, 162–63

Willard, Robert, 109

Wilson, Woodrow, 46–51, 191

Wilsonian idealism, 70–71, 189

Wings (film), 112

Wolff, Michael, 249

Wolfowitz, Paul, 85–86, 126–27, 178, 183, 228, 234, 279, 295, 305

women, 214

in armed forces, 99, 104–6, 241

Taliban and, 72, 178, 180, 233

Woodward, Bob, 172, 292

World Bank, 71, 256, 262, 264–69, 273–76, 278

World Court, 75

world summit on sustainable development (South Africa), 257

world systems theory, 287

World Trade Center bombing of 1993, 121, 139. See also September 11, 2001 attacks

World Trade Organization (WTO), 256, 259, 261–62, 269–75, 277

World War I, 36, 47–52, 70, 189

World War II, 2, 10, 37, 58–59, 121, 164, 252

defense budget secrecy and, 12, 117

demographics of armed forces, 102, 188

economic imperialism after, 257–58

military bases and, 35, 189, 190, 193–203

militarism unleashed by, 52–55

Philippines and, 43, 207

territory acquired in, 32, 34

Worldwide Manpower Distribution by Geographical Area (Manpower Report), 153– 54

Wurmser, David, 234, 235

Wurmser, Meyrav, 235

Yalta agreement, 33

Yemen, 27, 252

Yokosuka naval base (Japan), 201

Yongbyon nuclear plant (North Korea), 94

Yongsan Army Garrison (South Korea), 92

Yoon, Kum E., 92

Youssef, Fayeza, 230

Yugoslavia, 143, 155.See also Balkans; Serbia

Z (film), 205

Zahir Shah, king of Afghanistan, 178

Zaire, 144

Zapata Company, 233

Zinni, Anthony C, 124, 125