This analysis of American foreign policy focuses on the unintended negative consequences of American actions abroad, from forced globalism to environmental disasters.

Originally published: New York : Metropolitan Books, 2000. "A Metropolitan/Owl book." "With a new introduction on blowback in the post 9/11 world" -- Cover.

Prologue: A Spear-carrier for Empire --Blowback -- Okinawa: Asia's Last Colony -- Stealth Imperialism -- South Korea: Legacy of the Cold War -- North Korea: Endgame of the Cold War -- China: The State of the Revolution -- China: Foreign Policy, Human Rights, and Trade -- Japan and the Economics of the American Empire -- Meltdown -- The Consequences of Empire.