In the Shadows of the American Century: The Rise and Decline of US Global Power

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Alfred McCoy holds the Harrington Chair in History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His 2009 book Policing America's Empire won the Kahin Prize from the Association for Asian Studies. In 2012, Yale University awarded him the Wilbur Cross Medal for work as "one of the world's leading historians of Southeast Asia and an expert on...international political surveillance.”

Klappentext
Explores the distinctive instruments of American ascent to global domination and hegemony--including covert intervention, client elites, psychological torture, and surveillance.

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1.) Chapter 1: "U.S. Global Power and Me" PART I: Understanding the U.S. Empire 2.) Chapter 2: "America's Ascent to Global Dominion" 3.) Chapter 3: "America and the Dictators" 4.) Chapter 4: "Covert Operations and Global Control" 5.) Chapter 5: "America's Opium War in Afghanistan" PART II: U.S. Strategies for Survival 6.) Chapter 6: "Global Surveillance State" 7.) Chapter 7: "Torture and åImperial Decline" 8.) Chapter 8: "Beyond Bayonets and Battleships: The Pentagon's Wonder Weapons" PART III: Dynamics of U.S. Decline 9.) Chapter 9: "The Geopolitics of China's Challenge" 10.) Chapter 10: "Grandmaster of the Great Game" 11.) Chapter 11: "Four Scenarios for the End of the American Century by 2030" "One of our best and most underappreciated historians takes a hard look at the truth of our empire, both its covert activities and the reasons for its impending decline," -Oliver Stone

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