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Praise for
In the Shadows of the American Century
“One of our best and most underappreciated historians takes a hard look at the truth of our empire,
both its covert activities and the reasons for its impending decline.”
–OLIVER
STONE, Academy Award–winning director of
Platoon
“In the Shadows of the American Century
persuasively argues for the inevitable decline of the
American empire and the rise of China. 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. He provides a glimmer of hope that America can ease into the role of a more
generous, more collaborative, if less powerful, world player. Let’s hope that Americans will listen to
his powerful arguments.”
–Viet
THANH NGUYEN, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of
The Sympathizer
“‘What is the character of this American empire?’ Alfred McCoy asks at the outset of this provocative
study. 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. This is history with profound
relevance to events that are unfolding before our eyes.”
–ANDREW
J. BACEVICH, author of
America’s War for the Greater Middle East: A Military History
“Al McCoy has guts.… He helped put me on the path to investigative journalism.”
–JEREMY
SCAHILL, founding editor of the
Intercept
and author of
Blackwater
and
Dirty Wars
“Alfred McCoy offers a meticulous, eye-opening account of the rise, since 1945, and impending
premature demise of the American Century of world domination. As the empire’s political, economic,
and military strategies unravel under cover of secrecy, America’s neglected citizens would do well to
read this book.”
–ANN
JONES, author of
They Were Soldiers
“Sobering reading for geopolitics mavens and
Risk
aficionados alike.”
–KIRKUS
REVIEWS
“McCoy’s detailed, panoramic analysis of the past, present, and future of the American empire covers
all spheres of activity including not just land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace but also the netherworld
of covert operations—and seasons all of this with some fascinating personal vignettes. His new book,
In 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.”
–JOHN
DOWER, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of
Embracing Defeat
and
The Violent American Century
In the Shadows of the American Century
The Rise and Decline of US Global Power
Alfred W. McCoy
Dispatch Books
Haymarket Books
Chicago, IL
© 2017 Alfred W. McCoy
Published in 2017 by
Haymarket Books
P.O. Box 180165
Chicago, IL 60618
773-583-7884
www.haymarketbooks.org
info@haymarketbooks.org
ISBN: 978-1-60846-773-0
Trade distribution:
In the US, Consortium Book Sales and Distribution,
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In Canada, Publishers Group Canada,
www.pgcbooks.ca
In the UK, Turnaround Publisher Services,
www.turnaround-uk.com
All other countries, Ingram Publisher Services International,
intlsales@perseusbooks.com
This book was published with the generous support of Lannan Foundation and Wallace Action Fund.
Cover Photo: The Boeing Company’s “Phantom Ray” Unmanned Combat Air System making its maiden flight in April 2011 at Edwards
Air Force Base, California. Courtesy of the Boeing Company. Cover design by Eric Kerl.
Printed in Canada by union labor.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication data is available.
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