Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Blowback : the costs and consequences of American empire. the third book in his Blowback trilogy which includes Blowback: The Costs and Consequences of American Empire and The Sorrows of Empire: Militarism. Buy Blowback: The Costs and Consequences of American Empire (Blowback Trilogy) Unabridged by Johnson, Chalmers, Weiner, Tom (ISBN: 9781433204784) from Amazons Book Store.

Several authors have taken up the term blowback and applied it to the methods applied in the ‘global war on terror.’

Author: Chalmers Johnson Features: Revised Genre: Law, Political Science Topic. 4 2004 by Chalmers Johnson (Author) 123 ratings Part of: American Empire Project (33 books) See all formats and editions Kindle Edition 12.99 Read with Our Free App Paperback 29.00 18 Used from 14.43 6 New from 25.59 1 Collectible from 19. Despite being coined in the United States, blowback is not limited to unintended consequences from U.S. Blowback: The Costs and Consequences of American Empire Item Height: 1.1in. Blowback : The Cost and Consequences of American Empire Paperback Jan. 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. The Costs and Consequences of an American Empire was one of the first to research blowback effects from U.S.’ foreign policy operations. Urn:oclc:872607664 Republisher_date 20140607101323 Republisher_operator Scandate 20140607035542 Scanner 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. The term 'blowback,' which officials of the Central Intelligence Agency first invented for their own internal use, is starting to circulate among students of international relations. OL17729256W Page-progression lr Page_number_confidence 90.75 Pages 294 Ppi 500 Related-external-id urn:isbn:0316854867 Urn:lcp:blowback00chal:epub:76c44c5e-ea00-45e2-a756-981165a52949 Extramarc University of Toronto Foldoutcount 0 Identifier blowback00chal Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t7hq6mj6d Invoice 11 Isbn 0805062394ĩ780805062397 Ocr ABBYY FineReader 9.0 Ocr_converted abbyy-to-hocr 1.1.20 Ocr_module_version 0.0.16 Openlibrary OL7932542M Openlibrary_edition Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 17:23:39 Bookplateleaf 0002 Boxid IA1119303 Boxid_2 BWB220140929 Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II City New York Donorįriendsofthesanfranciscopubliclibrary Edition 1.

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