Please try again. His new book, The Shadows of the American Century, joins the essential short list of scrupulous historical and comparative studies of the United States as an awesome, conflicted, technologically innovative, routinely atrocious, and ultimately hubristic imperial power. This valuable contribution to geopolitical discourse draws important lessons from history. Taking too long? Does this book contain quality or formatting issues? Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 1, 2018, Interested in modern day geopolitics? - an enlightening read, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 25, 2018. Haymarket Books (Sep 15, 2017) McCoy then analyzes the marquee instruments of US hegemony-covert intervention, client elites, psychological torture, and worldwide surveillance. The author is critical of the worse excesses of US imperialism while remaining some sort of liberal apologist giving suggestions on how the empire in decline can retain some power amidst rising inter-imperialist competition and rise of a multi-polar world. There was a problem loading your book clubs. This book looks at the fateful decisions that led to the attack on Pearl Harbor, the fighting on December 7, and the immediate aftermath of it all. In 3/96, he was the plenary speaker at the 7th International Conference on Drug Harm Reduction in Hobart, Australia. Enjoyed it. Illegal and failed wars, a disregard for international law and norms, state sponsored kidnapping and torture, and a massive expansion of surveillance are symptons of decline, as Professor McCoy's brilliant exposition, based on 50 years' close study, shows. What is said about bankruptcy might be said about the fall of empires: it happens gradually, then suddenly. In the Shadows of the American Century: The Rise and Decline of US Global Power (Dispatch Books). Illegal and failed wars, a disregard for international law and norms, state sponsored kidnapping and torture, and a massive expansion of surveillance are symptons of decline, as Professor McCoy's brilliant exposition, based on 50 years' close study, shows. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in. No matter how bad you know it is, you read more and you learn that it's worse. No fee was paid by the author for this review. —Viet Thanh Nguyen, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the Sympathizer, “[A] brilliant and deeply informed must-read for anyone seriously interested in geopolitics, the history of Empire, and the shape of the future.” —New York Journal of Books, "What is the character of this American empire?" In the Shadows of the American Century The Rise and Decline of US Global Power. In the Shadows of the American Century: The Rise and Decline of US Global Power (Dispatch Books) - Kindle edition by McCoy, Alfred W.. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. In the Shadows of the American Century: The Rise and Decline of US Global Power Alfred W. McCoy. Prime members enjoy FREE Delivery and exclusive access to music, movies, TV shows, original audio series, and Kindle books. His answer not only limns the contours of the American imperium as it evolved during the twentieth century, but explains why its days are quite likely numbered. Discover the tactics. Three things make In the Shadows one of the best books I’ve read on contemporary international politics. McCoy takes a bold, albeit pessimistic, view on the United States’ current position and future prospects. Refresh and try again. Whether or not one is a believer in American power, the case that Alfred McCoy makes—that much of America’s decline is due to its own contradictions and failures—is a sad one. Dr Alfred W. McCoy is professor of SE Asian History at the U. of Wisconsin at Madison where he also serves as director of the Center for SE Asian Studies, a federally-funded National Resource Center. Discover the shocking true story of the worst case of serial sex homicide in American history. I had heard the author talk on a podcast, and then heard about the book somewhere else, and thought it would be a good overview of current American military and foreign policy and into the future, but it didn’t really deliver.

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