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050			_aJZ 1312 .M33 2017
100			_aMcCoy, Alfred W. _eauthor
245		0	_aIn the shadows of the American century : _bthe rise and decline of US global power / _cAlfred W. McCoy
260			_aQuezon City, Philippines : _bAteneo De Manila University Press, _cc2017
300			_a359 pages ; _c23 cm.
365			_bPHP495
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505			_aUnderstanding the US Empire. The world island and the rise of America -- "Our S.O.B.s" : America and the autocrats -- Covert netherworld -- US Strategies for Survival. A global surveillance state -- Torture and the eclipse of empires -- Beyond bayonets and battleships : the Pentagon's wonder weapons -- Dynamics of US Decline. Grandmasters of the great game -- Five scenarios for the end of the American century.
520			_a"In a completely original analysis, prize-winning historian Alfred W. McCoy 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 cyberwar, space warfare, trade pacts, and military alliances. McCoy then analyzes the marquee instruments of US hegemony--covert intervention, client elites, psychological torture, and worldwide surveillance. Peeling back layers of secrecy, McCoy exposes a military and economic battle for global domination fought in the shadows, largely unknown to those outside the highest rungs of power."--Page 4 of cover.
650			_aBALANCE OF POWER -- FORECASTING
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