In this powerful interview in The Nation, “The Future of the American Empire,” historian Alfred McCoy discusses his new book, In the Shadows of the American Century: The Rise and Decline of US Global Power, focusing upon the deep state (which he describes as the “covert netherworld“), and Donald Trump’s threats to the US’s position as a global power. This exceptional book is the Real McCoy, the culminating magnum opus of an outstanding academic career by one of the world’s preeminent scholars who has always spoken truth to power. It has my highest recommendation.

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