TY  - BOOK
AU  - McCoy,Alfred W.
TI  - In the shadows of the American century: the rise and decline of US global power 
SN  - 9781608467730
AV  - JZ1312 .M33 2017
U1  - 327.73 
PY  - 2017///
CY  - Chicago, IL
PB  - Haymarket Books
KW  - Hegemony
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - Geopolitics
KW  - HISTORY / United States / 20th Century
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE / Geopolitics
KW  - HISTORY / United States / 21st Century
KW  - Foreign relations
KW  - fast
N1  - "Dispatch Books."; Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction. US global power and me -- Part I. Understanding the US empire. Ch. 1. The world island and the rise of America -- Ch. 2. "Our S.O.B.s" : America and the autocrats -- Ch. 3. Covert netherworld -- Part II. US strategies for survival. Ch. 4. A global surveillance state -- Ch. 5. Torture and the eclipse of empires -- Ch. 6. Beyond bayonets and battleships : the Pentagon's wonder weapons -- Part III. Dynamics of US decline. Ch. 7. Grandmasters of the great game -- Ch. 8. Five scenarios for the end of the American century
N2  - "In a completely original analysis, prize-winning historian Alfred W. McCoy explores America's rise as a world power--from the 1890s through the Cold War--and its bid to extend its hegemony deep into the twenty-first century through a fusion of cyberwar, space warfare, trade pacts, and military alliances. McCoy then analyzes the marquee instruments of US hegemony--covert intervention, client elites, psychological torture, and worldwide surveillance. Peeling back layers of secrecy, McCoy exposes a military and economic battle for global domination fought in the shadows, largely unknown to those outside the highest rungs of power."--Page 4 of cover
ER  -