Blowback: The Costs and Consequences of American Empire

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Blowback: The Costs and Consequences of American Empire is a nonfiction book by Chalmers Johnson that critiques U.S. foreign policy and explores how American military and economic interventions abroad generate unintended and often violent repercussions.

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instanceOf nonfiction book
political book
aimsTo critique the concept of American empire
explain causes of anti-American sentiment abroad
author Chalmers Johnson
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
criticalReception widely discussed in debates on U.S. foreign policy
discussesEvent CIA operations during the Cold War
Cold War interventions in Asia
U.S. involvement in East Asia
followedBy Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic
The Sorrows of Empire: Militarism, Secrecy, and the End of the Republic
genre international relations literature
political nonfiction
hasSequel Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic
The Sorrows of Empire: Militarism, Secrecy, and the End of the Republic
hasSubjectArea American studies
foreign relations of the United States
international security
political science
influencedBy Chalmers Johnson's experience as an Asia specialist
Cold War U.S. foreign policy practices
language English
libraryOfCongressClassification E183.7
mainSubject American empire
American imperialism
CIA covert operations
Cold War legacy
U.S. bases overseas
U.S. economic interventions
U.S. foreign policy
U.S. military interventions
anti-American terrorism
blowback (unintended consequences of foreign policy)
mediaType hardcover
paperback
print
notableIdea American global military presence provokes resistance
U.S. actions abroad generate unintended violent repercussions
covert operations can lead to long-term instability
partOfSeries Blowback
surface form: Blowback trilogy
perspective critical of U.S. foreign policy
realist critique of American empire
publicationYear 2000
publisher Metropolitan Books
setting post–World War II international system
titleRefersTo blowback as a term used by the CIA for unintended consequences

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Sorrows of Empire follows Blowback: The Costs and Consequences of American Empire
Dismantling the Empire partOf Blowback: The Costs and Consequences of American Empire
this entity surface form: Chalmers Johnson blowback trilogy
Dismantling the Empire relatedWork Blowback: The Costs and Consequences of American Empire
The Sorrows of Empire: Militarism, Secrecy, and the End of the Republic precededBy Blowback: The Costs and Consequences of American Empire