LEADER 03039nam 2200493 450 001 9910511436703321 005 20200407180502.0 010 $a1-60846-774-0 035 $a(CKB)3840000000340842 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6039996 035 $a(EXLCZ)993840000000340842 100 $a20200407d2017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aIn the shadows of the American century $ethe rise and decline of US global power /$fAlfred W. McCoy 210 1$aChicago, Illinois :$cHaymarket Books,$d2017. 215 $a1 online resource (361 pages) $cillustrations, maps 225 0 $aDispatch Books 311 $a1-60846-773-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction. US global power and me -- Part I. Understanding the US empire -- Ch. 1. The world island and the rise of America -- Ch. 2. "Our S.O.B.s" : America and the autocrats -- Ch. 3. Covert netherworld -- Part II. US strategies for survival. -- Ch. 4. A global surveillance state -- Ch. 5. Torture and the eclipse of empires -- Ch. 6. Beyond bayonets and battleships : the Pentagon's wonder weapons -- Part III. Dynamics of US decline -- Ch. 7. Grandmasters of the great game -- Ch. 8. Five scenarios for the end of the American century. 330 $aThe award-winning historian delivers a "brilliant and deeply informed" analysis of American power from the Spanish-American War to the Trump Administration (New York Journal of Books). In this sweeping and incisive history of US foreign relations, historian Alfred 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. Since American dominance reached its apex at the close of the Cold War, the nation has met new challenges that it is increasingly unequipped to handle. From the disastrous invasion of Iraq to the failure of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, fracturing military alliances, and the blundering nationalism of Donald Trump, McCoy traces US decline in the face of rising powers such as China. He also offers a critique of America's attempt to maintain its position through cyberwar, covert intervention, client elites, psychological torture, and worldwide surveillance. 606 $aHegemony$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aGeopolitics 606 $aInternational relations 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government 607 $aUnited States$xCivilization 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aHegemony$xHistory. 615 0$aGeopolitics. 615 0$aInternational relations. 676 $a327.73 700 $aMcCoy$b Alfred W.$0290380 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910511436703321 996 $aIn the shadows of the American century$91757370 997 $aUNINA