Blowback
As Blowback ( English for rebound ) is in the jargon of intelligence called the unintended effect in the unofficial foreign policy activities or covert operations fall back later negative effect on their country of origin. This can take the form of unfavorable foreign policy developments or even terrorist attacks. The term was first used in 1953 in the course of Operation Ajax , in which the CIA brought about the overthrow of Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh ; it has appeared increasingly since the 1980s and in close connection with the Reagan Doctrine .
The expression became known to a broader public primarily through the book Blowback: The Costs and Consequences of American Empire by the American political scientist and former CIA advisor Chalmers Johnson (German title Ein Imperium rundum ).
literature
- Chalmers Johnson: An empire is declining. When does the american century end? Blessing March 2000. ISBN 3-89667-109-X