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Blowback: The Costs and Consequences of American Empire (American Empire Project) Paperback – January 23, 2001

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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 consider: it is time for our empire to demobilize before our bills come due.
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    January 23, 2001
  6. Dimensions
    5.22 x 0.78 x 8.34 inches
  7. ISBN-10
    0805062394
  8. ISBN-13
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  • Liberal One
    5.0 out of 5 stars What A Book
    Reviewed in the United States on June 23, 2003
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    This is a book every Administration taking office should read before they begin to formulate foreign policy. This book goes over the foreign policies of supporting dictators, communist regimes, lying to the American people, and being dishonest and how it all "blows back" in our faces years later. From Johnson, Nixon, Reagan, Bush I, Clinton, and now Bush II. They all have done the dance called "stupid" and have paid for it with American lives in order to clean up the mess. This book will make you put it down for a while because you will wonder how stupid these guys we hire to run our country are. Then you will pick it up and read some more. Hope you enjou it and please just read it and don't be bias because at some point your favorite Administration will be featured in a chapter also.
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  • Honest Abe
    4.0 out of 5 stars An eye-opening if mistitled read
    Reviewed in the United States on June 21, 2012
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    Although the title and opening chapter make this book out to be an overview of the evils of American imperialism, in fact it's primarily an introduction to America's policy in East Asia over the last half decade. Seven of the ten chapters are explicitly about Asian concerns, and the remaining three are also focused primarily on Asia. The moral of these lessons from recent history is that US imperialist policies developed for the Cold War are being foolishly maintained, and the international outrage that they are creating is likely to culminate in political, economic, and security crises for the US.

    What makes this book a worthwhile pick for the lay reader is the concept of blowback. In his eagerness to apply this lens to the broad range of events he wants to cover, Johnson stretches this term well beyond it's original meaning, but the point is well taken: Blowback is the side effects of foreign policy that citizens and even politicians do not understand because are ignorant of said foreign policy. For example, 9/11 was blowback for American policies in the Middle East that few Americans are aware of. Because we don't understand how our policies have caused our own woes, we are powerless to rectify them or prevent future blowback. The purpose of this short book is to inform Americans of some of our less admirable actions in East Asia over the last half century and how those actions are likely to be perceived by East Asians. Johnson hopes that, when we have understood the problems we have created and continue to create in East Asia, we will recognize the consequences and take action to avert conflict and ameliorate tensions.

    This book was a very worthwhile read. I recommend it to all US citizens who intend to vote in a national election. It has a strong bias, which I like, not because he's right about everything, but because it sends an important message, and because the bias makes it interesting.
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  • T. Ambrose
    5.0 out of 5 stars Things every concerned American should know
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    I discovered this author on the internet and was stupified by his insight and qualifications. This is the first of three volumes and I was driven to read all three. Every American should be aware of the actions taken by our government in our name. Bush asked why we are hated; these books answer in shaming detail.
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  • Harmonious
    5.0 out of 5 stars A courageous expose
    Reviewed in the United States on January 20, 2018
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    I thoroughly enjoyed the way Mr. Johnson presented his warning to American society. There are dark forces actually trying to take over the world (do you remember those calling for a "New World Order" ?). Mr. Johnson calls them Imperialists (which they are) but they are better known to us as the Shadow Government, or, the Deep Government. If you value your freedom, please, read this book.
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  • pugachev12
    5.0 out of 5 stars A Must Read for all who want to understand what is happening in the world today.
    Reviewed in the United States on November 17, 2015
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    I read this in 2000 right after it came out and have quoted it ever since. It may be polemical but at the same time Johnson lays out the "unintended consequences" of Empire or at least the actions of a nation oblivious to the consequences of its actions and its standing in the world.
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  • Joseph D. Seckelman
    4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent!!
    Reviewed in the United States on October 27, 2000
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    Some people may rant and rave about this and that aspect of this book, but it is really a fine piece of scholarship. The whole point of this book is East Asia and America practice capitalism very differently. America has, due to the Cold War, persued a military course of action. Now that the Cold War has ended, America is having a difficult time shifting. During the Cold War America bullied, cajolled, pushed, and manouvered Asian countries to follow a certain course. With the fall of the Berlin Wall, America is now trying to shove its version of Capitalism down the throats of various Asian nations and in the process causing tremendous financial strains in Asia and fostering deep resentment there. This anger by many Asian nations could develop into some kind of revolt against America in the future. Hence America's short term policy of today may cause a "blowback" that will come back to bite America in the future.
    Mr. Johnson challenges conventional thinking. He calls America an empire and after reading his well reasoned book, I agree. America is having a hard time shifting from its last 50 year role as the chief Cold Warrior to a more equal partner with Asia. It has difficulty in understanding that different peoples and cultures do business differently. America sometimes behaves like a bull in a china shop.
    My only critism of BLOWBACK is his conclusion early on in the book of who caused the Pan Am flight to be blown up over Scotland. Ignoring that, the book gets better and better the further you read. If you want a quick education about Asia and how it operates in business and how the U.S. responds, read this book.
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    Reviewed in the United States on September 27, 2021
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  • modbantam
    5.0 out of 5 stars The Man
    Reviewed in the United States on April 2, 2013
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    The late Chalmers Johnson is an engaging tome smith.
    He's the best non fiction guy since the Zeitgeist dude Peter Joseph or 70s dude Dr. Robin Cooke (of "Coma" fame?).
    So dig the man's work and thank me later.
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