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Source: The Nation

11-24-17

Historian Alfred McCoy discusses his new book, the deep state, and Donald Trump’s threats to the US position as a global power

by Nick Turse

"We are certainly witnessing the end of the US empire, but not empire as a form of global governance."

Source: TomDispatch

8-26-17

Alfred McCoy recounts his conflicts with the CIA

by Alfred McCoy

In a new book he reveals that the agency tried to stop him from reporting on the opium epidemic among US troops in Vietnam.