num_pages: 288
description: Now available in paperback, Chalmers Johnson's take-no-prisoners account of the consequences of American global policies, hailed as "brilliant and iconoclastic" (Los Angeles Times)The term "blowback," invented by the CIA, refers to the uninted consequences of American policies. In this incisive and controversial book, Chalmers Johnson lays out in vivid detail the dangers faced by our overexted empire, which insists on projecting its military power to every corner of the earth and using American capital and markets to force global economic integration on its own terms. From a case of rape by U.S. servicemen in Okinawa to our role in Asia's financial crisis, from our early support for Saddam Hussein to our actions in the Balkans, Johnson reveals the ways in which our misguided policies are planting the seeds of future disaster.In the wake of the Cold War, the United States has imprudently expanded the commitments it made over the previous forty years, argues Johnson. In Blowback, he issues a warning we would do well to it is time for our empire to demobilize before our bills come due.
language: English
title: Blowback: The Costs and Consequences of American Empire
titlecomplete: Blowback: The Costs and Consequences of American Empire (American Empire Project)
genres: American History, Politics, Political Science, War, Nonfiction, History, International Relations, Audiobook, United States, American
ratings_count: 2407
series: American Empire Project
awards: awardedAt: 978336000000
name: American Book Award
publisher: Holt Paperbacks