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Blowback: The Costs and Consequences of American Empire

The term 'blowback,' invented by the CIA, refers to the unintended results of American actions abroad. In this incisive and 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... (read more)

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Blowback: The Costs and Consequences of American Empire

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