In the Shadows of the American Century
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In the Shadows of the American Century
| Full title | In the Shadows of the American Century: The Rise and Decline of US Global Power |
|---|---|
| Author | Alfred W. McCoy |
| Published | 2017 |
| Pages | 359 |
| Recommended | Once |
| Buy | Amazon |
| 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 heard about it
- Unknown — a bare Amazon link on my to-read list, with no record of who pointed me to it.
Connections
- American Decline — the thesis.
- People Over Politics — the portfolio idea this sits closest to.
What links here
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