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Cold War on Five Continents: A Global History of Empire and Essence
Alfred W. McCoy
2026
1956 map of global petroleum production and trade.

Imperial Decline in the Straits of Hormuz

The Iran War as America's very own Suez crisis.
by Alfred W. McCoy via Tom Dispatch on March 15, 2026
Map showing the Soviet Union and its sphere of influence.

The Secret Agents of the Cold War Who Claimed Land and Power

On the “Men on the Spot” responsible for colonial expansion.
by Alfred W. McCoy via Literary Hub on February 26, 2026
Trump turns his back to look out the window in a meeting with oil and gas industry executives.

Accelerating American (and Planetary) Decline

A Talmudic tale of an attempt to cheat death is a metaphor for the Trump's attempts to portray U.S. empire as alive and well.
by Alfred W. McCoy via Tom Dispatch on February 22, 2026
Mimeograph close-up of draft of Hans Bethe's H-bomb article.

How an Article about the H-Bomb Landed Scientific American in the Middle of the Red Scare

At one time this magazine tangled with the FBI, the Atomic Energy Commission and Joseph McCarthy.
by Alfred W. McCoy via Scientific American on September 1, 2020
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