Alfred W. McCoy
Alfred W. McCoy | |
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| Born | Alfred William McCoy June 8, 1945 covert operations |
| Notable works | The Politics of Heroin in Southeast Asia (1972) |
Alfred William McCoy (born June 8, 1945) is an American historian and educator. He is the Fred Harvey Harrington Professor of History at the
covert operations
.
Career
Born in
varsity letters in football, rowing, and wrestling.[2] He earned a Bachelor of Arts in European History from Columbia University in 1968, a Master of Arts in Asian Studies from the University of California, Berkeley in 1969, and a Doctor of Philosophy in Southeast Asian History from Yale University in 1977. His dissertation, advised by Harold C. Conklin was entitled Yloilo: Factional Conflict in a Colonial Economy, Iloilo Province, Philippines, 1937-1955, which examined the region of Iloilo
.
McCoy began his teaching career as a lecturer at Yale while he was still a doctoral student (1976-1977). He spent the next academic year as a research fellow at the
University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he has since spent his career. McCoy has been given two endowed chairs during his tenure: John R.W. Smail (2004-2015) and Fred Harvey Harrington
(2015-present).
Congressional testimony
As a Ph.D candidate in
United States Ambassador to Laos G. McMurtrie Godley of blocking the assignment of Bureau of Narcotics officials to Laos in order to maintain the Laotian government's cooperation in military and political matters.[3] A spokesman for the United States Department of State responded to the allegations: "We are aware of these charges but we have been unable to find any evidence to substantiate them, much less proof."[3]
Documenting the Marcos dictatorship
McCoy's work on
the administration of Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos has influenced not only the academic documentation regarding the dictatorship, but in some cases had a direct impact on the actual events - such as the publication in the New York Times of his investigation on Marcos' "fake medals", just week before the 1986 Philippine presidential election and Marcos' eventual ouster during the People Power Revolution.[4][5]
Awards
- 1985 - Philippine National Book Award[1]
- 1995 - Philippine National Book Award[1]
- 1998 - Fulbright-Hays Faculty Research Abroad[1]
- 2001 - Philippine National Book Award[1]
- 2001 - Association for Asian Studies, Grant Goodman Prize[1]
- 2004 - University of Wisconsin Graduate School, J.R.W. Smail Chair in History[1]
- 2011 - Association for Asian Studies, George Kahin Prize[1]
- 2012 - Yale Graduate School Alumni Association, Wilbur Cross Medal[1]
- 2012 - University of Wisconsin-Madison, Hilldale Award for Arts and Humanities[1]
Filmography
Film credits include:[6]
| Year | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Plan Colombia: Cashing In on the Drug War Failure | Self |
| 2007 | Ghosts of Abu Ghraib | Self |
| 2007 | Taxi to the Dark Side | Self |
| 2011 | War on Terror | Self |
| 2019 | Clean Torture: An American Fabrication | Self |
Television credits include:[6]
| Year | Television show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2009-2022 | Democracy Now! | Self |
| 2017 | On Contact | Self |
Bibliography
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Books
- Harper & Row(1970).
- Harper & Row(1972).
- Priests on Trial: Father Gore and Father O'Brien Caught in the Crossfire Between Dictatorship and Revolution. New York: Penguin Books (1984).
- Closer Than Brothers: Manhood at the Philippine Military Academy. New Haven: Yale University Press (1999).
- ISBN 978-0805082487.
- Policing America's Empire: The United States, the Philippines, and the Rise of the Surveillance State. Madison, Wis.: University of Wisconsin Press (2009).
- Colonial Crucible: Empire in the Making of the Modern American State. Madison, Wis.: University of Wisconsin Press (2009).
- An Anarchy of Families: State and Family in the Philippines. Madison, Wis.: University of Wisconsin Press (2009).
- Torture and Impunity: The U.S. Doctrine of Coercive Interrogation. Madison, Wis.: University of Wisconsin Press (2012).
- Endless Empire: Spain's Retreat, Europe's Eclipse, America's Decline. Madison, Wis.: University of Wisconsin Press (2012).
- Beer of Broadway Fame: The Piel Family and Their Brooklyn Brewery. SUNY Press (2016).
- In the Shadows of the American Century: The Rise and Decline of US Global Power. Chicago: Haymarket Books (2017).
- To Govern the Globe: World Orders and Catastrophic Change. Chicago: Haymarket Books (2021).
- War On Drugs: Studies in the Failure of U.S. Narcotics Policy. Routledge (2021).
Articles
- "Flowers of Evil: The CIA and the Heroin Trade." Harper's Magazine (July 1972), pp. 47–53.
- "A Correspondence with the CIA." New York Review of Books, vol. 19, no. 4 (Sep. 21, 1972).
- "The Afghanistan Drug Lords." Convergence (Fall 1991), pp. 11–12, 14.
- "Lord of Drug Lords: One Life as Lesson for US Drug Policy." Crime, Law and Social Change, vol. 30, no. 4 (Nov. 1998), pp. 301–331.
- "Science in Dachau’s Shadow: Hebb, Beecher, and the Development of CIA Psychological Torture and Modern Medical Ethics." .
- "Searching for Significance among Drug Lords and Death Squads: The Covert Netherworld as Invisible Incubator for Illicit Commerce." Journal of Illicit Economies and Development, vol. 1, no. 1 (Jan. 14, 2019), pp. 9–22. doi:10.31389/jied.8
- "Nuclear reaction : how an article about the H-bomb landed Scientific American in the middle of the Red Scare". Scientific American. 323 (3): 71. September 2020.[7]
Interviews
- "Alfred McCoy Interviewed." Interview by CBS Morning News(Aug. 8, 1972).
- "An Interview with Alfred W. McCoy." Interview by Frank McGee. Today Show (NBC) (Aug. 15, 1972).
- "Name: Alfred McCoy, Occupation: Author." Interview by John Stapleton. The Tagg File (1980), pp. 5, 7–8, 10–11. Full transcript.
- "The Future of the American Empire." Interview by Nick Turse. The Nation (Nov. 24, 2017).
- Alfred McCoy's interviews on Democracy Now!
See also
- Allegations of CIA drug trafficking
References
- ^ University of Wisconsin. Archived from the original.
- ^ Van Gelder, Lindsy. "Daily Closeup: He Almost Joined Them". New York Post, August 25, 1972.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Heroin Charges Aired". Daytona Beach Morning Journal. Vol. XLVII, no. 131. Daytona Beach Florida. AP. June 3, 1972. p. 6. Retrieved July 18, 2015.
- ^ "Marcos Blasts U.S. Reports He Was a Phony War Hero : American Records Fail to Back Him". Los Angeles Times. 1986-01-23. Retrieved 2021-08-30.
- ^ "McCoy, Alfred W." Department of History. 2017-05-15. Retrieved 2021-08-30.
- ^ a b "Alfred W. McCoy". IMDb.
- ^ Online version is titled "How an article about the H-bomb landed Scientific American in the middle of the Red Scare".
External links
- Curriculum Vitae
- Alfred W. McCoy at Library of Congress
- University of Wisconsin-Madison profile
- Full-text publications at ResearchGate
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