![]() ![]() Blowback : the costs and consequences of American empire. ![]() Several authors have taken up the term blowback and applied it to the methods applied in the ‘global war on terror.’ Despite being coined in the United States, blowback is not limited to unintended consequences from U.S. Moreover, Johnson argues that the meaning of blowback should be widened as to encompass unintended negative consequences for the population on the receiving end as well. Examples of unintended consequences from covert policies are retaliation attacks directed at civilians or military personnel, the erosion of international law, the destruction of politician’s credibility, or the destruction of alliances. His newest book is Dismantling the Empire: America’s Last Best Hope (Metropolitan Books). Blowback : The Costs and Consequences of American Empire. Chalmers Johnson is the author of Blowback (2000), The Sorrows of Empire (2004), and Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic (2006), among other works. The Costs and Consequences of an American Empire was one of the first to research blowback effects from U.S.’ foreign policy operations. Blowback by Chalmers Johnson, 9780805075595, available at Book Depository with free delivery. The term ‘blowback’ was originally invented by the CIA in the 1950s to describe “to the unintended consequences of policies that were kept secret from the American people” (Johnson, 2000, p. ![]()
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