Kyle Harrison
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In the Shadows of the American Century
In the Shadows of the American Century
Why it’s on the list: McCoy reads American global power through the instruments that sustained it — covert action, client militaries, surveillance, control of the sea and of information — and argues those instruments are now the mechanism of its decline.
Where I saw it: A bare Amazon link saved in the note.
Connections
- American Decline — the thesis.
- People Over Politics — the portfolio idea this sits closest to.
Referenced in
- History Has Begun note