Blowback: The Costs and Consequences of American Empire, Revised edition By Chalmers Johnson Published by Metropolitan Books About the book Reviews and Quotes

"Blowback is expansive thinking . . . a straight-talking analysis of America’s global conduct during the Cold War and since, and what we’re going to pay for it." --The Nation

"Johnson is on to something . . . It is indeed a new post-Cold War ballgame, and Johnson’s warning, if it were heeded in Washington, would help keep America safe from the temptation of untrammeled power." --Newsday