McCoy, Alfred W. <br/><br/>
In the Shadows of the American Century :  The Rise and Decline of US Global Power. 

 - 1st ed. 
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<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> Explores the distinctive instruments of American ascent to global domination and hegemony--including covert intervention, client elites, psychological torture, and surveillance. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781608467747 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Hegemony-United States-History.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>JZ1312  / .M336 2017 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>327.73