INDEX
A
Agoyan hydroelectric plant, xix
AIDS medicines, xii
Allen, Ethan, 147
Allende, Salvador, 78
Ameen, Michael, 166
Amin, Idi, 96
Amoco, 166
antipollution laws, 164
Arab-Israeli war, 82
Arbenz, Jacob, 72–73
Arbusto, 165–166
Arias, Arnulfo, 59
Arias family, 179
Armas, Carlos Castillo, 73
Ashland Oil Company, 185–186
Asian Development Bank, 37
assassinations
Hugo Spadafora, 174
B
Baer, Robert, 94
Bahasa Indonesia, 38
Bahrain, 166
Baker, James A., III, 98
banking industry
Asian Development Bank, 37
Chase Bank, 194
Inter-American Development Bank, 74
Panama, 63
Bechtel, Riley P., 214
Bechtel Group, Inc., 73–74, 160, 164, 173, 213, 214–215
bin Laden, Osama, 96–97, 183, 194
bin Laden family, 97–98
British Petroleum (later BP), 18
British Virgin Islands, 147
Bunau-Varilla, Philippe, 59
Bush, George H. W., 59, 79, 168
bin Laden family and, 98
United Fruit Company, 72–73, 209
“wimp factor,” 175, 184
Arbusto, 165–166
rallying of support for U.S. activities, 198
Venezuelan activities, 199
Bush administration (George H. W.), 173–174
Bush administration (George W.), 201, 213–214
Bush family, 209
C
Canal Treaty, 59, 102–103, 154–155, 158–161. See also Panama
Canal Zone, 61, 64, 65. See also Panama
Carlyle Group, 98
Carter, Jimmy, 102, 118–119, 154, 159–160, 168
Carvajal, José, 144–145
Casey, William J., 174
Chas. T. Main, Inc. (MAIN). See MAIN
Chase Bank, 194
Chávez, Hugo, xx, 195, 197–202, 204. See also Venezuela
Chuchu, Sergeant (José de Jesús Martínez), 159
Chumpi, Shakaim, 189
Civilization on Trial (Toynbee), 45
Colombia, 61
economic/electric load forecasting, 122
historical overview of, 120–122
La Violencia, 121
rule against sending U.S. citizens to, 124
colonial Americans, 218
colonialism, in Panama, 103
commerce, imperial approach to, 218
conspiracies, xii–xiii, 156, 216, 217
corporal punishment, 82
actions to stop, 221–225
basis of, 217
growth of, 78
media as part of, 221
of modern empire, 216
obstacles to, 212–213
pillars of, 143
strengthening of, 83
“Country with Five Frontiers, The” (Greene), 104–105
culture, Indonesian, 38–39
D
Dauber, Jake, 52
debt
creation of foreign, 15–16, 17
Ecuador’s, 203
Iran’s payment of, 114–116
United States, 212
world, xviii
Department of State, rule against sending U.S. citizens to Colombia, 124
Department of the Treasury, 84
Depression, New Deal policies, 78
desensitization, 180–181
destabilization campaigns, U.S., 176
developed countries (DCs), 47–48
“Doc,” 113–116
dollars versus euros, 213
Dominican Republic, 61
Dream Change Coalition, 186
E
econometric model, 101–102
economic forecasting, 84–85, 122
economic hit men (EHMs)
description of, ix
effects of work of, 198
goals/objectives of the job, 15, 17
identification of potential, 19
rationalizations of deeds by, 169
role of, 90
standards for, 84
training, 14–15
Ecuador, xvii–xx, 141–145, 189–190, 203–210. See also Roldós, Jaime
Ecuadorian Congress, 156
Huaorani tribe, 186
Hydrocarbons Policy, 143–144
national budget/debt, 203
oil spill, xvii–xviii
poverty levels, 203
tribal wars against oil companies, xvi–xvii
Eisner, Peter, 178
electric load forecasting, 31, 54, 109, 122
empire building, xx–xxi, 176, 216
energy industry, 164–165, 168–169
England, 18
Enron, 165
euros versus dollars, 213
F
Faisal, King, 82
“Farhad,” 5–6, 117–119
“Fidel,” 63
financing of terrorism, 96–97
fixed exchange rates, 77
Flowering Desert project, 110–111
forecasting
economic/electric load (Colombia), 122
electric load, 31, 54, 109, 122
Saudi Arabian economic, 84–85
free market system, 170
free trade agreements, 221–222
Fujimori, Alberto K., 200
future actions, 221–225
G
Gadhafi, Muammar, 60
Garrison, Jim, 170
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), 78
Getting to Know the General (Greene), 159
global empire, 170
globalization, 185
global management of petroleum, 214
Grant, Winifred, 162
gross national product (GNP), deceptive nature of, 16
Ground Zero, 190–195. See also September 11, 2001 attacks
H
Harris, David, 177
Hayes, Martha, 134
Helms, Richard, 79
holy wars, 49
hostages, U.S. Embassy (Iran), 118–119
Hostler, Charles, 166
House of Saud. See Saudi Arabia
Huaorani tribe (Ecuador), 142–143, 190
Hurtado, Osvaldo, 157
Hydrocarbons Policy, 143–144
hydroelectric plants, Agoyan, xix
I
ideals, 75
Illingworth, Charlie, 24–25, 28–29, 104
importation of labor forces, 86
income, world population, 65, 206
Independent Power Systems, Inc.
Indonesia, 16
creation of language for, 38
culture, 38–39
Japanese invasion of, 20
oil industry, 25
views of Americans, 42–46
Instituto de Recursos Hidraulicos y Electrificación, 71
integrity, 138–139
intelligence community, U.S., 104–105
Inter-American Development Bank, 74
international financial system trends, 169–170
international law, U.S. breach of, 177–178
International Monetary Fund (IMF), 19, 78, 169–170
international monetary system, 77
Interoceanic Canal Commission, 103–104
invasions, 20, 176–177, 184, 200
Islamic uprising, 117–119
OPEC oil embargo, 76–77
payment of debts by, 114–116
rebellion against British Petroleum, 18
Shah of Shahs, 108
Torrijos’s opinions of, 72
J
Jakarta, 24
Japanese invasion of Indonesia, 20
jihads, 49
Johnson administration, 78–79
Joint Economic Commission (JECOR), 83–84
K
Kellogg Brown & Root, 214–21215
Kennedy administration, 78–79, 121
Khadafi (or Gadhafi), Muammar, 60
Khomeini, Ruhollah, Ayatollah, 118–119
Kissinger, Henry, 91
Kuwait, 184
L
labor forces, importation to Saudi Arabia of, 86
language, creation of Indonesian, 38
leaders, discrediting of, 208
less-developed countries (LDCs), 47–48
loans, conditions of, xvii. See also debt
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 217–218
M
macroeconomics, 26
MAIN
beliefs of employees, 55–56
Colombian contracts, 122
Department of the Treasury and, 84
effects of Saudi Arabian deal, 94–98
electrical forecasting, 109
electrification project in Southeast Asia, 21
energy industry, position on, 165
firing of Bruno Zambotti, 145–146
folding of, 165
gender biases, 13
losses in Iran, 119
Manifest Destiny, 60–61, 75, 155
Markov method for econometric modeling, 102
“Martin, Claudine,” xi, 14, 22, 53–54
Martínez, José de Jesús (Sergeant Chuchu), 159
“Mary,” 147–150
McNamara, Robert, 26, 55, 78–79, 167
media, 221
Memoirs of Manuel Noriega: America’s Prisoner (Eisner), 178
military-industrial complex, 79
military support to Saudi Arabia, conditions of, 90
missionary groups, Summer Institute of Linguistics (SIL), 141–142
Monroe, James, 61
Monroe Doctrine, 61
Montesinos, Vladimiro L., 200
Mormino, Paul, 54
Mossadegh, Mohammad, 18, 72, 91, 114
N
national budget/debt, Ecuador’s, 203
National Security Agency (NSA), 6, 7–8
nation-building programs, 121
natural resources, xviii, 183–184, 205–206, 207–208
New Deal policies, 78
New Hampshire Public Service Commission, 163
New York City, 190–195
Nicaragua, 200
Noriega, Manuel, 160, 173–181, 200
O
October War, 82
off-shore drilling rights (Bahrain), 166
oil income, 83
oil industry
devastation of rain forests, 205, 207–208
George W. Bush and, 165–166
global management of petroleum, 214
guarantee of oil supplies to U.S. by Saudi Arabia, 89–90
Indonesia, 25
off-shore drilling rights (Bahrain), 166
Oil Boom, xviii
oil concessions, xix–xx
oil embargos, 76–77, 82–83, 89, 197
oil spills, xvii–xviii
OPEC, 76–77, 109, 197, 211–212
protecting U.S. supplies, 83
revenues, 197
rising prices, 200
U.S. dependence on oil, reduction of, 168
Venezuelan oil, 196–197
organized crime metaphor, 139–140
Ouellette, Pauline, 134
P
Pahlavi, Mohammad Reza, Shah, 18, 71–72
Paine, Thomas, 49
Panama, 58–60, 61, 200, 211. See also Torrijos, Omar
banking industry, 63
canal traffic, 63
Canal Treaty, 59, 102–103, 154–155, 158–161
goal of invasion of, 176–177
income per capita, 65
Instituto de Recursos Hidraulicos y Electrificación, 71
Interoceanic Canal Commission, 103–104
prostitution laws, 68
U.S. invasion of, 173–179, 200
Panamanian Defense Forces, 174
Pan-American interests, 121–122
“Paula,” 122–123, 124–127, 129–130
Paul Revere’s Ride (Longfellow), 217–218
Peace Corp, 8–10
Perkins, John. See also Independent Power Systems, Inc. (IPS)
acceptance of bribe, 170–172
birth of daughter, 162
early life, 3–4
education, 4–5
expert witness/consulting practice, 154, 163, 187
job with NSA, 7–8
marriage to Ann, 5–6
marriage to Winifred, 162
Peace Corp, 8–10
personal history timeline, 226–229
position with MAIN, 10–11
promotions at MAIN, 101
recruitment by MAIN, 9
resignation from MAIN, 150, 153–154
résumé, 131–140
self-reflection, 124–130, 147–150, 179–181
separation from Ann, 22, 50–51
Spirit of the Shuar (Perkins and Chumpi), 189
Stress-Free Habit, The, 171
“Uncle Frank,” 6–7
visit to Ground Zero, 189–195
The World Is As You Dream It, 186
writing of books, 170, 179, 187–188, 198, 218
Petróleos de Venezuela, 196
petroleum. See oil industry
pharmaceutical industry, xii
Pinochet, Augusto, 200
piracy, 216
polarization, 197
pollution, antipollution laws, 164
poverty levels, xviii, 24, 197, 203
Prasad, Nadipuram “Ram,” 102
Priddy, Paul, 145–146, 153, 154
“Prophecy of the Condor and Eagle,” 209–210
prostitution laws (Panama), 68
Public Service Company of New Hampshire, 154
Public Utility Regulatory Policy Act (PURPA), 167
R
rain forests, xviii, 205–206, 207–208
Reagan administration, 173–174
redemption, 224
Reich, Otto J., 201
religious laws, Saudi Arabia, 81–82
Republican Party, 74
Revere, Paul, 217–218
Riyadh. See Saudi Arabia
Rockefeller, David, 194
Roldós, Jaime, ix, 141–145, 154, 156, 196. See also Ecuador
Roosevelt, Kermit, 18–19, 72, 80, 199
Roosevelt, Theodore, 58–59, 61, 120–123
S
Sadat, Anwar, 82
Saint, Rachel, 143
“Sally,” 93–95
Saud, Mohammed ibn, 81
Saudi Arabia
dependence on United States, 87–88
financing of terrorism, 96–97
guarantee of oil supplies to U.S. by, 89–90
historical overview of, 81–82
importation of labor forces, 86
oil income, 83
religious laws, 81–82
“Saudi Connection, The,” 96–97
“Saving the Saudis,” 97–98
trash removal by goats, 85, 182
U.S. relations, 83–84, 87–88, 90
Saudi Arabian Money-laundering Affair/Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency (SAMA), 88, 92, 96, 182–185, 211, 214
“Saudi Connection, The,” 96–97
SAVAK, 114
“Saving the Saudis,” 97–98
School of the Americas, 61–62, 159–160, 175
Schultz, George P., 74, 79, 160, 173, 176, 213
Seabrook nuclear power plant, 154, 163
September 11, 2001 attacks, x, 98, 190–195, 198
Shooting the Moon (Harris), 177
Sir Francis Drake Channel, 147
slave trader analogy, 180–181
soldier image, 179–180
Southeast Asian foreign policy, U.S., 21
Soviet Union, bin Laden/Afghan war, 96–97, 183
Spectrum 7, 165–166
Spirit of the Shuar (Perkins and Chumpi), 189
statistics, manipulation of, 13
steps to avoid future crises, 221–225
Stone & Webster Engineering Corporation (SWEC), 170–172, 185
story leaks, 215
Stress-Free Habit, The (Perkins), 171
Suharto, 21
Summer Institute of Linguistics (SIL), 141–142, 156, 157, 158
T
terrorism
deaths from, x
Saudi terrorist financing, 96–97
September 11, 2001 attacks, 98, 189–195
Texaco, xvii
Torres, Manuel, 124–125
Torrijos, Omar, ix, 58–60, 61, 66, 102. See also Panama
death of, 158–161
offer of asylum to exiled leaders, 119
on President Ford, 103
on Roldós’s death, 157
torture, “Doc,” 113–116
training centers, warfare, 61–62
trans-Andean oil pipeline, xvii–xviii
trash removal by goats, 85, 182
tribal wars (Ecuador), against oil companies, xvi–xvii
truth, denial of, 119
U
United Fruit Company, 72–73, 209
United States
breach of international law, 177–178
colonial Americans, 218
commercial interests, transformations in, 185
invasion of Panama, 173–179, 200
national debt, 212
old republic versus new empire, 127–128
policy on empire building, 176
pro-Israeli stance, punishment for, 82–83
relations with Saudi Arabia, 83–84, 87–88, 90
services sold to Colombia by, 122
views of Indonesia by Americans, 42–46
United States-Saudi Arabian Joint Economic Commission (JECOR), 83–84
United Way, 186
U.S. Department of State, rule against sending U.S. citizens to Colombia, 124
U.S. Department of the Treasury, 84
U.S. Embassy (Iran) seizure, 118–119
U.S. intelligence community, 104–105
U.S. Southern Command, 159–160
USAID, 37
V
Venezuela, xx, 61, 196–202. See also Chávez, Hugo
Vietnam War, 21
Violencia, La (Colombia), 121
W
Wahhabi sect, 81–82
Wall Street, 193
warfare training centers, 61–62, 159–160
wars
Arab-Israeli, 82
bin Laden/Afghan war, 96–97, 183
holy, 49
October War, 82
tribal (Ecuador), xvi–xvii
Vietnam, 21
World War II, 78
Washington, George, 194
Waste Management, Inc., 96
waste products, 163
water resources, Iraq’s, 183–184
wealth, private financial, xix
weapons production, 56–57
Weinberger, Caspar, 79, 160, 213
“wimp factor” (George H. W. Bush), 175, 184
World and the West, The (Toynbee), 45
World Bank, 19, 74, 78, 79, 169–170
World Is As You Dream It, The (Perkins), 186
World Trade Organization (WTO), 170
World War II, 78
Y
“Yamin,” 109–112
Z