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050 4 _aJZ1312
_b.M336 2017
082 0 _a327.73
100 1 _aMcCoy, Alfred W.
245 1 0 _aIn the Shadows of the American Century :
_bThe Rise and Decline of US Global Power.
250 _a1st ed.
264 1 _aNew York :
_bHaymarket Books,
_c2017.
264 4 _c©2017.
300 _a1 online resource (490 pages)
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aDispatch Bks.
505 0 _aIntro -- 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.
520 _aExplores the distinctive instruments of American ascent to global domination and hegemony--including covert intervention, client elites, psychological torture, and surveillance.
588 _aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590 _aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650 0 _aHegemony-United States-History.
655 4 _aElectronic books.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_aMcCoy, Alfred W.
_tIn the Shadows of the American Century
_dNew York : Haymarket Books,c2017
_z9781608467730
797 2 _aProQuest (Firm)
830 0 _aDispatch Bks.
856 4 0 _uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=6039996
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