TY  - BOOK
AU  - McCoy,Alfred W.
TI  - In the Shadows of the American Century: The Rise and Decline of US Global Power
T2  - Dispatch Bks
SN  - 9781608467747
AV  - JZ1312 .M336 2017
U1  - 327.73 
PY  - 2017///
CY  - New York
PB  - Haymarket Books
KW  - Hegemony-United States-History
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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
N2  - 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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ER  -