Conversations with History: Institute of International Studies, UC Berkeley
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This interview is part of the Institute's "Conversations with History" series, and uses Internet technology to share with the public Berkeley's distinction as a global forum for ideas.
Welcome to a Conversation with History. I'm Harry Kreisler of the Institute
of International Studies. Our guest today is Chalmers Johnson, who is President
of the Japan Policy Research Institute. A distinguished social scientist and
public intellectual, he's the author of fifteen books, including Peasant
Nationalism and Communist Power, a classic in Chinese studies, and MITI
and the Japanese Miracle, a classic in Japanese studies. Professor Johnson
is a former professor of political science at UC Berkeley, where he also served
as chairman of the department and chair of the Center for Chinese Studies. 
He's
an emeritus professor of political science at UC San Diego. His most recent
books focus on American power in the world, and include Okinawa: Cold War
Island; Blowback: The Cost and Consequences of American Empire; and he has
just published The Sorrows of Empire: Militarism, Secrecy, and the End of
the Republic.
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