Blowback
- Author Chalmers Johnson
- Narrator Tom Weiner
- Publisher Blackstone Publishing
- Publish Date 1 November 2007
- Run Time 9 hours and 9 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre International relations, Political science and theory, Politics and government, Warfare and defence.
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What to expect
The term “blowback,” invented by the CIA, refers to the unintended consequences of American actions abroad. In this incisive and controversial book, Chalmers Johnson lays out in vivid detail the dangers faced by our overextended 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 US servicemen in Okinawa to our role in Asia’s financial crisis, from our early support for Saddam Hussein to our conduct in the Balkans, Johnson reveals the ways in which our misguided policies are planting the seeds of future disaster.
In a new edition that addresses recent international events from 9/11 to the war in Iraq, this now classic book remains as prescient and powerful as ever.
Critics Review
“Boldly provocative…A useful and timely alert.”
u201cStunningu2026No one has exposed shortsightedness, hubris, corruption, and the instability of our countryu2019s imperial overreach with such impassioned incisiveness. Blowbacku00a0is a wake-up call for America.u201d
u201cA brilliant and iconoclastic assault on American foreign policy since the end of the Cold War.u201d
u201cJohnson is on to somethingu2026It is indeed a new postu2013Cold War ballgame, and Johnsonu2019s warning, if it were heeded in Washington, would help keep America safe from the temptation of untrammeled power.u201d
“Blowback is expansive thinking…a straight-talking analysis of America’s global conduct during the Cold War and since, and what we’re eventually going to pay for it.”
“This no-holds-barred indictment of what Johnson calls the post-Cold War American ‘global empire’ is not for the faint of heart…His chilling conclusion—backed by copious and livid detail—is that a nation reaps precisely what it sows.”
“This is edgy, unconventional wisdom that deserves hearing and debating.”
“Engrossing and at the same time alarming, Johnson’s well-researched book nevertheless presents an easy solution to fundamental problems that have usually forced great powers into catastrophic predicaments.”
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