Chalmers Johnson
| Chalmers Johnson | |
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| Born |
August 6, 1931 Phoenix, Arizona |
| Died | November 20, 2010 (aged 79) Cardiff-by-the-Sea, California |
| Occupation | President, Japan Policy Research Institute, University of San Francisco; Professor emeritus of the University of California, San Diego |
| Genre | Political Science |
| Literary movement | Japan revisionists |
| Notable works | Peasant Nationalism and Communist Power MITI and the Japanese Miracle Blowback The Sorrows of Empire Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic |
| Notable awards | Before Columbus Foundation (2001) |
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Chalmers Ashby Johnson (August 6, 1931 – November 20, 2010) was an American author and professor emeritus of the University of California, San Diego. He served in the Korean War, was a consultant for the CIA from 1967 to 1973, and chaired the Center for Chinese Studies at the University of California, Berkeley from 1967 to 1972. He was also president and co-founder with Steven Clemons of the Japan Policy Research Institute (now based at the University of San Francisco), an organization promoting public education about Japan and Asia.
He wrote numerous books including, most recently, three examinations of the consequences of American Empire: Blowback, The Sorrows of Empire, and Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic. A former cold warrior, his fears for the US changed:
Johnson was born in 1931 in Phoenix, Arizona. He earned a BA in economics in 1953 and an M.A. and a Ph.D. in political science in 1957 and 1961 respectively. Both of his advanced degrees were from the University of California, Berkeley. Johnson met his wife Sheila, a junior at Berkeley, in 1956, and they were married in Reno, Nevada in May 1957.
During the Korean War, Johnson served as a naval officer in Japan. He was the communications officer on a ship (the LST 883) "tasked with ferrying Chinese prisoners of war from South Korea back to North Korean ports." He taught political science at the University of California from 1962 until he retired from teaching in 1992. He was best known early in his career for his scholarship on the subjects of China and Japan.
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