I finished reading his 2nd book "The Sorrows of Empire" just last Fall and am still writing from it as a major source in my stuff. Below who Chalmers Johnson "is" for the unacquainted. I always enjoy promoting independent writing from "insiders" - Johnson began in the military service as a critic against the anti-war movement during Viet Nam.
From Tom's Dispatch description:
Chalmers Johnson is a retired professor of Asian Studies at the University of California, San Diego. From 1968 until 1972 he served as a consultant to the Office of National Estimates of the Central Intelligence Agency. Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic, the final volume in his Blowback Trilogy, is just now being published. In 2006 he appeared in the prize-winning documentary film Why We Fight.
You can also scroll further down or go to Antiwar.com and find in their new radio section where there is a great short interview with him to download in an ipod or .mp3 format.
The link provided here is a literal, and more in-depth on the newly released book: Chalmers Johnson, Nemesis on the Imperial Premises
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