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In the Shadows of the American Century
by Alfred W. McCoy
McCoy's analysis of the rise and predicted decline of American global power. A sweeping account of the surveillance networks, covert operations, and strategic alliances that built U.S. hegemony -- and the forces that are now eroding it.