In the shadows of the American century : the rise and decline of US global power /

Explores America's rise as a world power--from the 1890s through the Cold War--and its bid to extend its hegemony deep into the twenty-first century through a fusion of cyber war, space warfare, trade pacts, and military alliances. McCoy analyzes the marquee instruments of US hegemony--covert i...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McCoy, Alfred W. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago, IL : Haymarket Books, [2017]
Temas:
Hegemony > United States > History.
Power (Social sciences) > United States.
Geopolitics.
Hégémonie > États-Unis > Histoire.
Pouvoir (Sciences sociales) > États-Unis.
Géopolitique.
geopolitics.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > International.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > International Relations > General.
Power (Social sciences)
Politics and government
International economic relations
Diplomatic relations
Geopolitics
Hegemony
United States > Foreign relations.
United States > Foreign economic relations.
United States > Politics and government.
États-Unis > Relations extérieures.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement.
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: US global power and me
  • Part one. Understanding the US empire. The world island and the rise of America
  • "Our S.O.B.s": America and the autocrats
  • Covert netherworld
  • Part two. US strategies for survival. A global surveillance state
  • Torture and the eclipse of empires
  • Beyond bayonets and battleships: the Pentagon's wonder weapons
  • Part three. Dynamics of US decline. Grandmasters of the great game
  • Five scenarios for the end of the American century.

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