The term “blowback,” invented with the CIA, identifies the unintended consequences of American actions abroad. In this incisive and controversial book, Chalmers Johnson lays out in stunning detail the risks experienced by our overextended empire, which insists on projecting its military power to every corner of the earth and using American capital and marketplaces to power global economic integration alone terms.

From an instance of rape by US servicemen in Okinawa to our 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 insurance policies are planting the seeds of future disaster.

In a fresh edition that addresses recent international events from 9/11 towards the war in Iraq, this today classic book remains as prescient and powerful as ever.