I am a fan of the Johnson book but for many of us with gray hair the concept of Blowback was first popularized in Christopher Simpson's 1988 book "Blowback: America’s Recruitment of Nazis and Its Effects on the Cold War." (New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, Collier Books).
-Chip Berlet
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> Subject: Chalmers Johnson on "blowback"
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> The concept of "blowback" has been floating around in military and
> intelligence circles for a long time, but the notion was
> popularized by
> Chalmers Johnson in his book _Blowback: The Costs and Consequences of
> American Empire_ (NY: Henry Holt, 2000).
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