Title: In the shadows of the American century
Description: "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.
Subjects: Geopolitics, Hegemony, Foreign relations, United states, foreign relations, United states, politics and government, United states, civilization, History, United states, politics and government, 20th century, United states, politics and government, 21st century, Hegemony -- United States, United States -- Foreign relations
Places: United States