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

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Dispatch BksPublisher: New York : Haymarket Books, 2017Copyright date: ©2017Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (490 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781608467747
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: In the Shadows of the American CenturyDDC classification:
  • 327.73
LOC classification:
  • JZ1312 .M336 2017
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Copyright -- Contents -- Maps and Graphs -- Introduction: US Global Power and Me -- PART I: Understanding the US Empire -- Chapter 1: The World Island and the Rise of America -- Chapter 2: "Our S.O.B.s"-America and the Autocrats -- Chapter 3: Covert Netherworld -- PART II: US Strategies for Survival -- Chapter 4: A Global Surveillance State -- Chapter 5: Torture and the Eclipse of Empires -- Chapter 6: Beyond Bayonets and Battleships: The Pentagon's Wonder Weapons -- PART III: Dynamics of US Decline -- Chapter 7: Grandmasters of the Great Game -- Chapter 8: Five Scenarios for the End of the American Century -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index -- About the Author -- Back Cover.
Summary: 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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Intro -- Copyright -- Contents -- Maps and Graphs -- Introduction: US Global Power and Me -- PART I: Understanding the US Empire -- Chapter 1: The World Island and the Rise of America -- Chapter 2: "Our S.O.B.s"-America and the Autocrats -- Chapter 3: Covert Netherworld -- PART II: US Strategies for Survival -- Chapter 4: A Global Surveillance State -- Chapter 5: Torture and the Eclipse of Empires -- Chapter 6: Beyond Bayonets and Battleships: The Pentagon's Wonder Weapons -- PART III: Dynamics of US Decline -- Chapter 7: Grandmasters of the Great Game -- Chapter 8: Five Scenarios for the End of the American Century -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index -- About the Author -- Back Cover.

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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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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