Chalmers Johnson
Chalmers Ashby Johnson (born August 6, 1931 in Phoenix , Arizona , † November 20, 2010 in Cardiff-by-the-Sea , California ) was a professor of political science at the University of California, San Diego , advisor to the CIA and an expert on Asia .
Life
Chalmers Johnson was one of the most prominent experts on American policy on Asia and was President of the Japan Policy Research Institute. In his later books, Johnson expressed sharp criticism of the increasing militarization of US foreign policy . He thereby placed himself in opposition to the policies of President George W. Bush and the foreign policy concepts of the so-called neoconservatives in the USA.
In 1976 he was accepted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences .
Fonts
- Peasant Nationalism and Communist Power. The Emergence of Revolutionary China 1937-1945. Stanford University Press, Stanford CA 1962, (multiple editions).
- An Instance of Treason. Ozaki Hotsumi and the Sorge Spy Ring. Stanford University Press, Stanford CA 1964, (multiple editions).
- Conspiracy at Matsukawa. University of California Press, Berkeley CA 1972.
- Revolutionary Change. Little, Brown & Co, London 1966, (In German: Revolutionstheorie. Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Cologne et al. 1971, ISBN 3-462-00822-6 ).
- MITI and the Japanese Miracle. The Growth of Industrial Policy, 1925-1975. Stanford University Press, Stanford CA 1982, ISBN 0-8047-1128-3 .
- Japan: Who Governs? The Rise of the Developmental State. Norton, New York NY 1995, ISBN 0-393-31450-2 .
- Blowback. The Costs and Consequences of American Empire. Metropolitan Books, New York 2000, ISBN 0-8050-6238-6 (In German: An empire decays. When does the American century end? Blessing, Munich 2000, ISBN 3-89667-109-X ; paperback edition: An empire decays . Is the USA as a world power at its end? (= Goldmann. 15158). Goldmann, Munich 2001, ISBN 3-442-15158-9 ).
- The suicide of American democracy. Blessing, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-89667-226-6 .
See also
Web links
- Chalmers Johnson in theInternet Movie Database(English)
- Literature by and about Chalmers Johnson in the catalog of the German National Library
- Sub-Government in the Pentagon: Interview with Chalmers Johnson
- biography
- The Largest Covert Operation in CIA History Critical background article by Johnson on the CIA's support for the Afghan mujahideen
Individual evidence
- ↑ TheAtlantic.com: Chalmers Johnson. Retrieved January 17, 2015 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Johnson, Chalmers |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Johnson, Chalmers Ashby (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American political scientist, advisor to the CIA and expert on Asia |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 6, 1931 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Phoenix , Arizona |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 20, 2010 |
| Place of death | Cardiff-by-the-Sea , California |