He was educated at Rokeby Preparatory School in Kingston Upon Thames, and later Westminster School in central London. History 755 вЂ“ U.S.McCoy was born to a British mother and Lebanese father, although was raised by his Grandmother.History 755 вЂ“ Tropical DictatorsвЂ“Authoritarianism in Indonesia & the Philippines.History 755 вЂ“ Islands of Southeast AsiaвЂ“The Practice of Comparative History.History 755 вЂ“ Reality of ImagesвЂ“Environmental Photography in Southeast Asia.History 755 вЂ“ CIA Covert Warfare and Conduct of US Foreign Policy вЂ“ Syllabus 2021 (pdf).and European Empires in Southeast Asia вЂ“ Syllabus 2014 (pdf) History 755 вЂ“ Empire & Revolution: U.S.and European Colonialism in Southeast Asia вЂ“ Syllabus 2021 (pdf) History 600 вЂ“ CIA Covert Warfare and U.S.History 600 вЂ“ World War II in the Pacific.and European Empires in Southeast Asia вЂ“ 2011 Spring вЂ“ McCoy History 600 вЂ“ Empire & Revolution: U.S.History 600 вЂ“ World War II in the Pacific вЂ“ Syllabus 2007 (pdf).History 375 вЂ“ The Cold War вЂ“ From World War II to End of Soviet Empire вЂ“ Syllabus 2022 (pdf).History 458 вЂ“ Southeast Asia Since 1800 вЂ“ Syllabus 2021 (pdf).History 319 вЂ“ The Vietnam Wars вЂ“ Syllabus 2021 (pdf).foreign policy colonial empires in Southeast Asia global illicit drug trafficking and CIA covert operations. My teaching interests include: Modern Philippine social and political history U.S. My most recent book, To Govern the Globe: World Orders and Catastrophic Change (Chicago, 2021), explores the interplay of three factors-sovereignty, human rights, and energy-in shaping the succession of empires and their global systems from the Black Death of 1350 through the coming climate crisis of 2050. In 2012, the Yale Graduate School Alumni Association awarded me the Wilbur Cross Medal which is presented annually to вЂњa small number of outstanding alumniвЂќ to recognize вЂњdistinguished achievements in scholarship, teaching, academic administration, and public service.вЂќ Simultaneously, the University of Wisconsin-Madison gave me the Hilldale Award for Arts & Humanities for 2012. In 2011, the Association for Asian Studies awarded that book the Kahin Prize, describing it as вЂњa passionate, elegantly written book that owes its mastery to McCoyвЂ™s narrative and analytical gifts, his years of painstaking research and his sure sense of the ominous global implications of his story.вЂќ My book Policing AmericaвЂ™s Empire: The United States, the Philippines, and the Rise of the Surveillance State (Madison, 2009), draws together several strands in my research to explore the transformative power of police, information, and scandal in shaping both the modern Philippine state and the U.S. In 2001, the Association for Asian Studies awarded me the Goodman Prize for a вЂњdeep and enduring impact on Philippine historical studies.вЂќ Three of my edited volumes on Philippine historiography have won that countryвЂ™s National Book Award. Analyzing the many coup attempts that followed, my book Closer Than Brothers (New Haven, 1999) documents the corrosive impact of torture upon the Philippine military. An investigation of President MarcosвЂ™s вЂњfake medals,вЂќ published on page one of the New York Times (January 23, 1986) just weeks before the countryвЂ™s presidential elections, contributed to the countryвЂ™s transition from authoritarian rule. The Philippines remains the major focus of my research. My latest study of this topic, Torture and Impunity (Madison, 2012), explores the political and cultural dynamics of AmericaвЂ™s post 9/11 debate over interrogation. A film based in part on that book, вЂњTaxi to the Darkside,вЂќ won the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature in 2008.

My more recent work on covert operations, A Question of Torture: CIA Interrogation, from the Cold War to the War on Terror (New York, 2006), explores the agencyвЂ™s half-century history of psychological torture. But after three English editions and translation into nine foreign languages, this study is now regarded as the вЂњclassicвЂќ work on the global drug traffic. My first book, The Politics of Heroin in Southeast Asia (New York, 1972), sparked controversy when the CIA tried to block publication. in Southeast Asian history at Yale, my writing on this region has focused on three topics - the history of modern empires, Philippine political history and global opium trafficking.

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