TY - BOOK AU - McCoy,Alfred W. TI - In the shadows of the American century: : the rise and decline of U.S. global power SN - 9789715508018 U1 - 327.112 PY - 2017///] CY - Quezon City PB - Ateneo de Manila University Press KW - Balance of power KW - Forecasting KW - Hegemony KW - United States KW - Geopolitics N1 - First published: Chicago, Illinois : Haymarket Books, 2017; Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-357) and index; Introduction : US global power and me; Part I. Understanding the US empire; The world island and the rise of America; "Our S.O.B.s" - America and the autocrats; Covert netherworld; Part II. US strategies for survival; A global surveillance state; Torture and the eclipse of empires; Beyond bayonets and battleships : the pentagon's wonder weapons; Part III. Dynamics of US decline; Grandmasters of the great game; Five scenarios for the end of the American century ER -