My OperaAmerican Empire in decline
Friday, December 10, 2010 11:45:32 PM
After hearing a report on President Obama's recent trip to Asia - with China's follow on comments about America being an Empire in decline, I thought I would see what others were thinking on this.
The first article was found on CBS News - Opinion page from Dec. 6th 2010 by Alfred w. McCoy author of The Politics of Heroin in Southeast Asia (1972) among other studies on Asian empire building.
Short bio...
(CBS) Alfred W. McCoy is professor of history at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. A TomDispatch regular, he is the author, most recently, of Policing America’s Empire: The United States, the Philippines, and the Rise of the Surveillance State (2009). He is also the convener of the “Empires in Transition” project, a global working group of 140 historians from universities on four continents. This piece originally appeared on TomDispatch.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/12/05/opinion/main7121029.shtml
I wish there were more to say but this looks like it for today...
The first article was found on CBS News - Opinion page from Dec. 6th 2010 by Alfred w. McCoy author of The Politics of Heroin in Southeast Asia (1972) among other studies on Asian empire building.
Short bio...
(CBS) Alfred W. McCoy is professor of history at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. A TomDispatch regular, he is the author, most recently, of Policing America’s Empire: The United States, the Philippines, and the Rise of the Surveillance State (2009). He is also the convener of the “Empires in Transition” project, a global working group of 140 historians from universities on four continents. This piece originally appeared on TomDispatch.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/12/05/opinion/main7121029.shtml
I wish there were more to say but this looks like it for today...
