Stan Van Houcke Audioblog

Interview with the American author Chalmers Johnson about the American Empire. Chalmers Johnson is president of the Japan Policy Research Institute, a non-profit research and public affairs organization devoted to public education concerning Japan and international relations in the Pacific. He taught for thirty years, 1962-1992, at the Berkeley and San Diego campuses of the University of California and held endowed chairs in Asian politics at both of them. At Berkeley he served as chairman of the Center for Chinese Studies and as chairman of the Department of Political Science. His B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. degrees in economics and political science are all from the University of California, Berkeley... He was chairman of the academic advisory committee for the PBS television series \\\"The Pacific Century,\\\" and he played a prominent role in the PBS \\\"Frontline\\\" documentary \\\"Losing the War with Japan.\\\" Both won Emmy awards. His most recent books are, as editor and contributor, Okinawa: Cold War Is