- Publisher: Oneworld
- Year: 2019
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 368pp
- Illustrated: Yes
- Dimensions: 196x128mm
- Condition: New
- Weight: 0.3kg
- ISBN: 9781786074911
- Product code: 538297
In the Shadows of the American Century
The Rise and Decline of US Global Power
Alfred W McCoy New Paperback Illustrated
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The end of Cold War in 1991 left the United States the world’s sole superpower. Drawing on a lifetime’s study and experience, one of its leading historians analyses the nature of that power, and traces its decline through inconclusive wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, disengagement from international alliances, growing inequality at home, and the seemingly inexorable rise of China.
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For a decade America's share of the global economy has been in decline. Its diplomatic alliances are under immense strain, and any claim of moral leadership has been abandoned. America is still a colossus, possessing half the world's manufacturing capacity, nearly half its military forces, and a formidable system of global surveillance and covert operations. But even at its peak it may have been sowing the seeds of its own destruction.
Is it realistic to rely on the global order established after World War II, or are we witnessing the changing of the guard, with China emerging as the world's economic and military powerhouse? America clings to its superpower status, but for how much longer?
Is it realistic to rely on the global order established after World War II, or are we witnessing the changing of the guard, with China emerging as the world's economic and military powerhouse? America clings to its superpower status, but for how much longer?
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