The book, Blowback by Chalmers Johnson, is organized starting with the introduction, then the prologue, then the body of the book divided into ten chapters, then a section called further reading , then the notes, and finally the index. It is not divided into parts. This book is aimed at a well-educated audience with a high-level vocabulary; if the reader does not have a high-level vocabulary, the book will be confusing, unless said reader has a dictionary handy. Blowback's tone is tense. This fits the subject of the book, which heeds a warning to Americans. Blowback is written as an eye-opening historical account of American actions after the Cold War, particularly those in East Asia and the Middle East. The author states the definition of blowback: “the unintended consequences of policies that have been kept secret from the American people.” Johnson argues that American undergraduates, 15 years after 9/11, may not be so incapable of reading this book without prompting. The book is best suited to graduate students with a better understanding of world politics. Before reading this book, I had always wondered how Americans could justify all their actions, when we are considered terrorists in other countries, because we killed and raped their wives and children. This book shed light on a new perspective that I had never fully considered: America will have unintended consequences for the actions of the U.S. government and military. Having never thought about this perspective, I learned a lot from this book, but I may not be able to argue with this thesis as well as someone more educated in foreign policy. I would recommend Blowback to someone with more training in foreign policy than I do, as it is an interesting book, if understood correctly. I wouldn't recommend it to someone like me, only halfway through my first foreign language course.