In the shadows of the American century : the rise and decline of U.S. global power / Alfred W. McCoy

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Quezon City : Ateneo de Manila University Press, [2017]Description: 359 pages : illustrations, mapsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9789715508018
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 327.112
Contents:
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
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Book Book Sta. Lucia Branch Filipiniana Section Filipiniana F 327.112 M131i 2017 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 133298d

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

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