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 ⓘ
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 trilogy ⓘ
linked to: Blowback
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 → Chalmers Johnson blowback trilogy ⓘ
linked to: Blowback: The Costs and Consequences of American Empire
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 ⓘ