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insurgent minority and, 10, 42, 72, 106
interrogation and, 44, 57–58, 60–66, 69–70
laws, 69, 105, 106, 107
legal system and, 61, 63–72, 76, 83, 106–108, 222
masculinity and, 114–118
memos, 66–72
in modern warfare, 38–45, 48
oversight, history of, 69–70
psychological effects of administering, 83–84
psychology and, 62–63, 68, 83–84, 117
race and, 118–120
of slaves, 69–70, 99, 104–106, 108–112
techniques, 1–2, 39–41, 61–65, 68–70, 73–75, 77, 100, 101, 109, 113, 204, 206
of women, 69–70, 115, 117
See also indefinite detention
Torture and Truth (duBois), 104
torturers
psychology of, 83–84
women, 117
total information. See information, total
Total Information Awareness (TIA) program, 58–59
Trinquier, Roger, 20, 24, 29, 37, 89, 103
domestication of counterinsurgency warfare and, 195
guerrilla-style antiguerrilla tactics and, 28, 45
on terrorism, 38, 102, 114
torture and, 38–39, 42, 43
Trotsky, Leon, 23
Trump, Donald, 11, 92, 207–212
counterinsurgency warfare and, 14–15
Counterrevolution and, 207–212
drone strikes and, 78
Guantánamo Bay and, 76
Muslims and, 151, 163, 174–178, 190, 207
with politics as spectacle, 184, 189–190, 210–212
torture and, 113
trust, domestic surveillance and, 147
truth, 187
with denial and distraction, 181–182
of terror, 103–106
Twitter, 59, 97, 154, 184, 191
tyranny, Counterrevolution as, 247
unconventional warfare, 10, 19, 20, 33, 240
United States (US), 1–2, 16, 46, 131, 214
Department of Justice, 59, 65, 66, 94, 126, 162
drone strikes on citizens, 125–127, 226–228
FISC, 3–4, 146, 163, 202
See also military, US
United States of America v. Sum of $70,990,605, et al., 94
United We Dream, 253
UPSTREAM program, NSA and, 4, 58, 153, 200
US. See United States
USA FREEDOM ACT, 158–159
USA PATRIOT Act, Section 215, 3–4, 6, 11, 58, 60, 145, 218
use of force, against citizens, 129–131, 140
See also police, counterinsurgency warfare and
Van Dyke, Jason, 170
Velasco, Jesús R., 107, 255
Vendée rebellion, 27
Verizon, 145
Vermeule, Adrian, 220
Vidal-Naquet, Pierre, 253
Vietnam, 10, 28, 46, 117, 208
counterinsurgency strategies in, 12, 136
counterinsurgency warfare in, 20, 31, 32, 33–34, 45
virtual democracy, 189
Vista, 209
voting, 188–189, 211–212
War by Other Means: Building Complete and Balanced Capabilities for Counterinsurgency (Gompert and Gordon), 241
War Crimes Act, 67
War on Crime, 9, 139, 142
War on Drugs, 9, 142–143
War on Poverty, 9, 139, 142, 203
warfare
counterrevolutionary, 27–28
guerrilla, 26–28, 45
nuclear, 19–20
psychological, 26, 43, 90, 95–98, 103
revolutionary warfare, 24–27, 47, 195
unconventional, 10, 19, 20, 33, 240
See also counterinsurgency warfare; domestication, of counterinsurgency warfare; modern warfare; police, counterinsurgency warfare and
warrants, 59–60, 163
Washington Post, 4, 131, 132, 142, 155 (fig.), 171, 221
“Weed and Seed” approach, 142–143
Weinstein, Warren, 126
Wenders, Wim, 82
William of Ockham, 249–254
Williams, Kristian, 257
Wilson, Darren, 170
Wilson, James Q., 141
winning, 112–114
See also population, winning hearts and minds of
women, 69–70, 115, 117, 211
XKeyscore program, 4
Yacef, Saadi, 41, 103
Yahoo, working with NSA, 4, 59, 153, 154
Yemen, drone strikes in, 2–3, 11, 78, 81, 82, 126
Yoo, John, 67–68, 220
YouTube, 4, 154, 184, 187, 191
Zakaria, Fareed, 221, 293
Zero Dark Thirty (film), 77
Žižek, Slavoj, 77, 219
Zubaydah, Abu, 63–65, 68