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The Costs and Consequences of American Empire

American Empire Project

Author: Chalmers Johnson

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An explosive account of the resentments American policies are sowing around the world and of the payback that will be our harvest in the twenty-first century.

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Page Count
288
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On Sale
01/23/2001

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An explosive account of the resentments American policies are sowing around the world and of the payback that will be our harvest in the twenty-first century.

Blowback, a term invented by the CIA, refers to the uninted consequences of American policies. In this sure-to-be-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 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.

Imprint Publisher

Metropolitan Books

ISBN

9781429928113

In The News

“Chalmers Johnson is one of the most influential, brilliant, and provocative intellectuals writing about Asia today.” —John Dower, author of War Without Mercy, winner of the NBCC Award

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