CONTENTS

List of Illustrations

Preface

A Note on Language and Terminology

Introduction: “If We Build Them, Wars Will Come”

PART I

IMPERIAL SUCCESSION

1.

Conquest

2.

Occupied

PART II

EXPANDING EMPIRE

3.

Why Are So Many Places Named Fort?

4.

Invading Your Neighbors

5.

The Permanent Indian Frontier

6.

Going Global

PART III

IMPERIAL TRANSITIONS

7.

The Military Opens Doors

8.

Reopening the Frontier

PART IV

GLOBAL EMPIRE

9.

Empire of Bases

10.

The Spoils of War

11.

Normalizing Occupation

12.

Islands of Imperialism

13.

The Colonial Present

14.

Building Blowback

PART V

HYPERIMPERIALISM

15.

Did the “Cold War” End?

16.

Out-of-Control War

17.

War Is the Mission

Conclusion: Ending “Endless Wars”

Gratitude and Thanks

Appendix: U.S. Wars, Combat, and Other Combat Actions Abroad

Notes

Suggested Resources

Index

List of Titles in California Series in Public Anthropology