"Although she noted that much of the book is "heavily and meticulously footnoted," Muravska harshly criticized the 2014 edition's "The American Empire Post-Cold War" chapter for "unsubstantiated claims" and shallow analysis, observing that "Blum relies on ... "RT" to make his case" regarding the post-2013 Ukrainian crisis.First published in 1995, it has since been updated several times by the author.