Alfred McCoy holds the Harrington Chair in History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His book Policing America's Empire won the Kahin Prize from the Association for Asian Studies.
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In a tempestuous narrative that sweeps across five continents and seven centuries, this book explains how a succession of catastrophes—from the devastating Black Death of 1350 through the coming climate crisis of 2050—has produced a relentless success... SEE MORE