Mccoys new book, in the shadows of the american century. A tomdispatch regular, he is the author of policing americas empire. He is the author of the nowclassic book the politics of. As the american empire unravels with previously unimagined speed, there are many across this countrys political spectrum who will not mourn its passing. I already have two more books from alfred mccoy and rebecca gordon under contract for 2020. Mccoy is the author of the politics of heroin the question of torture and in the shadows of the american. Whether you realize it or not, we are in a new age of imperial geopolitics on a grand and potentially disastrous scale. Spains retreat, europes eclipse, americas decline and the author of policing americas empire.
Cia complicity in the global drug trade, the nowclassic book which probed the conjuncture of. Both peace activists and military veterans have grown tired of. In 2012, yale university awarded him the wilbur cross medal for work as one of the worlds leading historians of southeast asia and an expert on international political surveillance. Alfred mccoy on the nsa and history of political surveillance. Afghan opium production skyrockets afghan opium production rises from 250 tons in 1982 to 2,000 tons in 1991, coinciding with cia support and funding of the mujaheddin. Global power, suggests today, we finally seem to have reached the papertiger stage of american imperial history. Not quite a century ago, on january 7, 1929, newspaper readers across america were captivated by a. Its that kind of an account and, in fact, he did tell some of the story to this sites readers back in august 2017 and in his recent hit book, in the shadows of the american century. Interview with robert lipsyte, tomdispatch contributor. Manhood at the philippine military academy, by alfred w. Alfred mccoy, grandmasters of the universe tomdispatch. Alfred mccoy on the cias road to abu ghraib tomdispatch. I must admit that it was a moment in my life i had totally forgotten about until historian alfred mccoy, whose new dispatch book. Mccoy, a tomdispatch regular, holds the harrington chair in history at the university of wisconsinmadison.
Alfred mccoy, tweeting while rome burns tomdispatch. Of course, gibbon wrote his decline and fall of the roman empire hundreds of years post. As in his piece today, historian alfred mccoy is a man who takes the long view of both history and our. The photos of torture, abuses, and humiliations of. Historian alfred mccoy is proving to be the edward gibbon of our age. Cia complicity in the global drug trade, the nowclassic book which probed the conjuncture of illicit narcotics and covert operations over 50 years, and the recently published in the shadows of the american century. Tomdispatch summer 2019 fundraising letter type media center. The world according to trump or how to build a wall and lose an empire by alfred w. Strangely enough, as historian and tomdispatch regular alfred mccoy points out today, if you look at washingtons military bases which, if anything, were expanded in the postsoviet era, its conflicts, and the focus of its foreign policy, american attempts to contain the heartlands of eurasia, especially russia and china, have never.
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Smail professor of history at the university of wisconsinmadison. Heres a reminder that you can still get a signed, personalized copy of alfred mccoys remarkable dispatch. Golden shower diplomacy and the hidden meaning of american. Cia complicity in the global drug trade, which probed the conjuncture of illicit narcotics and covert operations over 50 years. Also on counterspin today, its not hard to show that fox news host and radio talker glenn beck is a bit wacky he spends several hours every day. His more recent books include torture and impunity. Alfred mccoy holds the harrington chair in history at the university of wisconsinmadison. Global power, wont officially be published until september, but its already getting extraordinary attention. T he american surveillance state is now an omnipresent reality, but its deep history is little known and.
Whether or not one is a believer in american power, the case that alfred mccoy makes that much of americas decline is due to its own. Cold war america and the disillusioning of a generation. He is the creator of the nation institutes, an online blog. The geopolitics of american global decline, by alfred mccoy. In a completely original analysis, prizewinning historian alfred w. She cohosts the weekly civil liberties radio program, law and disorder, which airs on pacificas wbai in new york and on 60 national affiliate stations around the country. Its about blackmail, not national security, by alfred mccoy tomdispatch, 11914. Trying to play down the significance of an ongoing wikileaks dump of more than 250000 state department documents, secretary of defense robert gates.
Alfred mccoy is the harrington professor of history at the university of wisconsinmadison. Alfred mccoy on afghanistan, richard kim on the mad. Well talk with alfred mccoy, professor of history at the university of wisconsinmadison about the history of spying by the us governmentand the actual reasons they do it. Sweden is a refuge for radical muslims resting between jihads by alfred fredriksson gates of vienna biden. Well hear from historian alfred mccoy, author of the classic the politics of heroin in southeast asia, now updated as the politics of heroin. The united states, the philippines, and the rise of the surveillance state, among.
Mccoy explores the distinctive instruments of american ascent to global domination and hegemonyincluding covert intervention, client elites, psychological torture, and surveillance. The politics of heroin in southeast asia, by alfred w. Heidi boghosian is the former executive director of the national lawyers guild, a progressive bar association established in 1937. Interview with alfred mccoy, tomdispatch contributor download. As you check out alfred mccoys monumental new piece on the shifting world orders of the last six centuries. Mccoy explores americas rise as a world power from the 1890s through the cold war and its bid to extend its hegemony deep into the twentyfirst century through a fusion of cyberwar, space. November, 2017 alfred mccoy on opium production in. Mccoy, a tomdispatch regular, is the harrington professor of history at the university of wisconsinmadison. Alfred mccoy, will china be the next global hegemon. Its author, university of madison, wisconsin, professor of history alfred mccoy, credits edward snowden for having revealed todays reality.
The geopolitics of american global decline by alfred mccoy for professor alfred mccoy, the united states continued their naval power strategy as the world has changed. When historian alfred mccoy began his long journey to expose some of the darkest secrets of the u. He is also the cofounder of the american empire project and the author of the 1998 book, the end of victory culture. This piece has been adapted and expanded from alfred w. Alfred mccoy he was a graduate student when, in the midst of the vietnam war, he started to explore the history behind the heroin epidemic then infecting the u. Alfred mccoy was a participant or observer in the following events. Can anyone pacify the worlds number one narcostate. His 2009 book policing americas empire won the kahin prize from the association for asian studies. In july 20 an article appeared on line in tomdispatch that gave an up to date and chilling analysis of the unprecedented powers of the us surveillance state.
Alfred mccoy is a professor of history at the university of wisconsin. Cia interrogation, from the cold war to the war on terror, by alfred w. Alfred mccoy recounts his conflicts with the cia history. Washingtons great game and why its failing, by tom. In ways that have escaped most observers, the obama administration is now trapped in an endless cycle of drugs and death in afghanistan from which there is. As the second year of donald trumps presidency and sixth of xi jinpings draws to a close, the world seems to be. Jewish press publishes cover story to explain why no mass graves of jews would be found after the war by cft team. Alfred mccoy, tweeting while rome burns posted by alfred mccoy at 7. Tom engelhardt born 1944 is an american writer and editor. Obamas expanding surveillance universe by alfred w. Mccoy as 2017 ended with billionaires toasting their tax cuts and energy executives cheering their unfettered access to federal lands as well as coastal waters, there was one sector of the american elite that did not share in the champagne celebration. Mccoys bestknown book, the politics of heroin, stirred controversy when the c. Alfred mccoy, washingtons twentyfirstcentury opium wars posted by alfred mccoy at 4.