War: What is it good for? (94 page)

Tacitus,
36
,
39
–
41
,
62
,
68
,
84
,
396
n
; Agricola glorified by,
35
,
49
,
113
; armies commanded by,
69
; on barbarism of Germanic peoples,
34
; Graupian Mountain account of,
27

Taexali,
27

Taharqa of Napata,
152

Tahmasp, Safavid shah of Persia,
184

Taiwan,
219
,
355
,
356
,
358
,
359

Taizong,
140

Tajikistan,
330

Taj Mahal,
184

Tamerlane,
145

Tang Empire,
115
,
140
–
42
,
146

tanks,
11
,
94
,
265
,
270
,
319
,
343
,
354
,
374
; in Arab-Israeli wars,
283
–
84
; Soviet,
283
,
284
,
326
,
337
; in World War I,
249
–
50
,
255
,
264
; in World War II,
263
,
265
–
66
,
270
,
270
–
71

Tanzania,
288
,
301

Ta'palo,
83

Tarain, Battle of,
144

Tasmania,
219

taxes,
8
,
47
,
109
,
184
,
190
–
92
,
248
; in China,
128
,
140
; and French Revolution,
212
; imperialism and,
192
–
93
,
198
,
200
,
206
–
207
,
385
; nomadic raids and,
100
,
102
–
103
,
105
,
119
–
20
,
123
,
127
; in nuclear age,
348
; productive war and,
128
,
133
,
134
,
137
; in Roman Empire,
33
,
40
–
42
,
45
,
48
,
74
,
80
; stationary bandits and,
44
–
46
,
87
,
335
; in United States,
213
,
278
,
365
; after World War I,
256
–
57

Taxila (India),
73

Tel Aviv,
19
; University,
33

telepathy, Internet-enabled,
381
–
82

Tell Brak (Sumer),
86

Temptations,
395
n

Tennyson, Alfred, Lord,
183

Tenochtitlán,
156
,
160
–
61
,
193

Teotihuacán,
67
,
67
–
68
,
159
–
60
,
336

Terra Cotta Army,
106

territoriality,
301
,
317
,
335

terrorists,
11
,
118
,
236
,
348
,
350
,
353
,
387
;
see also
al-Qaeda

Third World War, The
(Hackett),
284

Thomas, Elizabeth Marshall,
59
Through the Looking-Glass
(Carroll),
84
–
85

Thucydides,
20

Tiberius,
43

Tibet,
242

Tiglath-Pileser III, King of Assyria,
102
–
103
,
105
,
134

Tilly, Charles,
18

Time
magazine,
347

Titusville (Pennsylvania),
346

Tlaxcalans,
193

Tollán,
160

Tolstoy, Leo,
234

Toltecs,
160

Tonga,
61

Tora Bora Mountains,
119

torture,
11
,
21
,
62
,
109
,
129
,
229
,
351

Towton, Battle of,
201

Toynbee, Arnold,
132

trade,
42
,
94
,
98
,
100
–
101
,
116
,
180
,
259
,
278
,
320
,
328
; Chinese,
62
,
96
,
128
,
183
; free,
238
–
40
,
276
; globocop and,
322
,
338
; during Great Depression,
260
,
261
; imperialism and,
193
,
196
–
200
,
206
–
209
,
214
–
15
,
224
; Mauryan,
73
; in Mesoamerica,
67
,
161
; in Middle Ages,
170
,
177
; of Roman Empire,
24
,
41
–
43
,
74
,
111
,
128
,
324
; slave,
167
,
196
,
203
–
204
,
204
,
219
,
223
; steam power and,
217
–
20
; of United States,
257
; during World War I,
251
,
257

Trajan,
114

transhumans,
387
–
88

Transylvania,
172

trench warfare,
105
,
247
–
49
,
251
–
52
,
264
–
66
,
273

tribal societies,
34
,
79
,
80
,
141
,
184
; African,
154
; chariots and horses of,
97
,
142
; mass migrations of,
99
,
122
–
23
; modern Stone Age,
55
–
60
,
81
,
83
,
84
,
139
,
290
; Roman conquest of,
27
,
29
,
35
,
37

Triple Alliance, War of the,
232

Trojan War,
78
,
97

Trotsky, Leon,
5
,
395
n

Tu, Colonel,
124

tuberculosis,
126

Tula,
160

Tunisia,
349

Turkey,
85
,
117
,
183
,
197
,
353
; in World War I,
238
,
251

Turkmenistan,
121
,
330

Turks,
141
,
145
,
172
–
74
;
see also
Ottomans

Turpin, Dick,
202

typhoid,
126
,
220

UBS,
343

Uganda,
291
,
318
n
Ugarit (Syria),
98
,
100

Ukraine,
94
,
101
,
120
,
251
,
328
,
330

Umayyad caliphate,
131

‘Umi,
149
,
151

Umma,
90
,
91

unintended consequences,
8
,
77
–
78
,
347

United Arab Emirates,
353

United Kingdom,
see
Britain

United Nations,
19
,
274
,
373
; Human Development Report,
386

United States,
167
,
213
–
14
,
224
,
244
,
262
,
265
,
389
; in Afghanistan War,
14
,
112
,
118
,
350
,
352
,
353
; air force of,
333
; antiwar movement in,
282
–
83
,
287
; Army National Training Center of,
353
–
54
,
354
; Central Intelligence Agency of,
119
,
369
; China and,
355
–
65
; Civil War in,
14
,
21
,
167
,
221
,
225
,
232
,
239
,
241
,
242
,
247
; during Cold War,
85
,
273
–
87
,
326
–
29
,
344
,
347
,
364
,
376
; and collapse of Soviet Union,
330
,
331
; Congress of,
225
,
255
,
258
,
364
; Constitution of,
210
; Defense Department of,
280
; Defense Planning Guidance for,
340
,
347
,
348
; and European Union,
344
; Founding Fathers of, 208–210; as globocop,
333
,
338
,
340
,
341
,
344
,
345
,
348
,
350
,
352
,
354
,
357
,
358
,
363
,
366
–
67
,
374
,
385
,
386
,
388
,
392
; Great Depression in,
259
,
261
; Ground-Based Midcourse Defense system of,
370
; in Gulf War,
81
,
347
; homicide rates in,
231
; imperialism of,
219
,
225
,
228
,
242
,
276
–
78
,
339
,
347
; industrialization in,
221
,
239
,
239
,
240
; in Iraq War,
47
–
48
,
350
–
53
; Islamist hostility toward,
347
–
50
; Japanese military alliance with,
362
; Joint Chiefs of Staff of,
274
; Joint Forces Command of,
372
; killing of Native Americans in,
8
,
150
,
219
; in Korean War,
279
; Monroe Doctrine of,
241
; National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) of,
368
,
369
; National Security Council of,
274
; naval power of,
241
,
256
,
276
; nuclear weapons of,
3
–
6
,
273
–
75
,
279
–
82
,
286
,
324
–
25
,
327
,
340
,
370
,
376
; oil and,
346
–
47
,
364
; Pacific Fleet of,
58
; political parties of,
188
; pro-war attitudes in,
344
; railroad-building in,
220
; Russian Civil War intervention of,
258
; stock market collapse in,
259
; Strategic Concepts Development Center of,
5
; technological war capabilities in development by,
370
–
82
; terrorist attacks on,
117
,
348
,
350
; urban riots in,
47
; in Vietnam War,
49
,
124
,
282
–
83
,
283
,
285
,
391
; war scares over Canadian border with,
225
; wealth in,
335
; in World War I,
238
,
250
–
52
,
254
–
55
,
257
,
268
; in World War II,
267
–
69
,
273
,
364

“unknown unknowns,”
238
–
45
,
256
,
261
,
280
,
325
,
339
,
351
,
366
,
377

urbanization,
360
,
367
; in Mesoamerica,
160
; murder and,
231
; in People's Republic of China,
357
; in Roman Empire,
34
;
see also
cities

Uruguay,
232

Uru'inimgina (Urukagina), King of Lagash,
45

Uruk,
85
–
87
,
89
,
93
,
159

Uzbekistan,
330

Uzbeks,
182
,
183

Vacomagi,
27

vendettas,
7
,
145
,
146

Venezuela,
55
,
57

Verdun, Battle of,
250

Verne, Jules,
369

Verres, Gaius,
41
,
229

Versailles, Treaty of,
255
,
265

Vesuvius, eruption of,
40
,
43

Vienna,
173
,
213

Vietnam,
115
,
285
,
360
,
362
,
363

Vietnam War,
6
,
49
,
124
,
282
–
83
,
283
,
391

Vikings,
137
,
155
,
163

Vindolanda (Britain),
112
,
116