Blowback: The Costs and Consequences of American Empire Audiobook (Free)

The word “blowback,” invented with the CIA, identifies the unintended consequences of American actions abroad. Within this incisive and controversial book, Chalmers Johnson lays out in vivid detail the risks faced by our overextended empire, which insists on projecting its armed forces power to every corner of the planet earth and using American capital and markets to drive global economic integration on its own terms.

From a case of rape by US 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 plans are planting the seeds of future disaster.

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