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Now with a new and up-to-date Introduction by the author, the bestselling account of the result of American global policies, hailed as "brilliant and iconoclastic" (LA Times) The word "blowback," invented by the CIA, identifies the unintended results of American actions abroad. In such a incisive and controversial book, Chalmers Johnson lays out in vivid detail the dangers faced by our overextended empire, which insists on projecting its military capacity to every corner of the planet earth and using American capital and markets to force global economical integration alone terms. From an instance of rape by U.S. servicemen in Okinawa to your role in Asia's financial meltdown, from our early support for Saddam Hussein to your conduct in the Balkans, Johnson reveals the ways that our misguided policies are planting the seeds of future disaster.In a new edition that addresses recent international events from September 11 to the war in Iraq, this now classic book remains as prescient and powerful as ever.

Category: Sociology

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Publisher	Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Language	English
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DATE	2007-11
Author	Chalmers Johnson

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