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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...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Chicago, IL :
Haymarket Books,
[2017]
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- 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.