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

Page numbers in boldface refer to maps and tables

Abacha, Sani, 274

ABC news, 153, 304

ABC-TV network, 113

Abernethy, David, 29, 30, 192

Aboimov, I. P., 69

Abraham, Spencer, 175

Abrams, Elliott, 228

Abu Dhabi (UAE), 222, 250

Abu Sayyaf (“terrorist gang”), 213

Adams, Brooks, 192

Adams, John Quincy, 190–91

Afghanistan, 251

anti-Soviet war in, 11, 17, 18, 33, 139, 174, 178, 222, 253

military bases in, 168, 172–73, 181–83, 189, 214, 215, 242

military personnel in, 155, 288

military recruitment ads and, 113–14

oil and, 170, 172–73, 176–80, 226–27

private military training and, 140–41

Taliban takeover of, 177–80

war of 2001, 11, 13, 26–27, 62, 67–68, 70, 72, 79, 80, 88, 108–9, 115, 118, 146, 176, 179–82, 185, 214, 221, 226–29, 233, 236, 241, 247–48, 280, 286, 310

war of 2001, Guantanamo prisoners and, 42, 77

Africa, 81, 140, 266, 311

African Americans, in military, 103–6, 110

Agency for International Development, 64

Agent Orange, 100, 300

“Agreed Framework” (North Korea), 89

agriculture, 258, 267, 269–72

Aguinaldo, Emilio, 43

Ahmed al Jaber Air Base (Kuwait), 243–44

Air America (CIA airline), 134

Airbus, 166, 277

air force, 7, 62, 63, 78, 104, 105, 201. See also Special Forces

black budget, 118, 119

Air Force Academy rape scandal, 105–6

Air Force Communications Agency, 241

Air Force Reserve, 102

Air Force Space Command, 79, 81, 121, 311

Air Mobility Command, 189

Air National Guard, 102

Akayev, Askar, 170, 172, 183–84

Albania, 300

Albright, Madeleine, 90

al-Dhafra Air Base (UAE), 249–50

Alexander’s Gas & Oil Connections, 180

Algeria, 30

Ali al Salem Air Base (Kuwait), 244

al-Jazeera (cable-news network), 246–47