AKA Chalmers Ashby Johnson

Born: 6-Aug-1931
Birthplace: Phoenix, AZ
Died: 20-Nov-2010
Location of death: Cardiff-by-the-Sea, CA
Cause of death: unspecified

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Author

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Blowback

Military service: US Navy (Korean War)

Father: David F. Johnson
Mother: Katherine Ashby
Wife: Sheila Knipscheer (m. 25-May-1957)

    University: BA Economics, University of California at Berkeley (1953)
    University: MA Political Science, University of California at Berkeley (1957)
    University: PhD Political Science, University of California at Berkeley (1961)
    Professor: University of California at Berkeley (1962-88)
    Administrator: Chairman, Center for Chinese Studies, University of California at Berkeley (1967-72)
    Professor: University of California at San Diego (1988-92)

    American Academy of Arts and Sciences 1976
    Japan Policy Research Institute President
    Guggenheim Fellowship

    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    Ethos (10-Feb-2011) · Himself
    Why We Fight (2005) · Himself
    Hijacking Catastrophe: 9/11, Fear & the Selling of American Empire (10-Sep-2004) · Himself

Author of books:
Peasant Nationalism and Communist Power: The Emergence of Revolutionary China, 1937-1945 (1962, history)
An Instance of Treason: Ozaki Hotsumi and the Sorge Spy Ring (1964, international affairs)
Revolutionary Change (1966, social studies)
Conspiracy at Matsukawa (1972, history)
Autopsy on People's War (1973, international affairs)
Japan's Public Policy Companies (1978, economics)
MITI and the Japanese Miracle: The Growth of Industrial Policy, 1925-1975 (1982, economics)
Japan: Who Governs? The Rise of the Development State (1995, economics)
Blowback: The Costs and Consequences of American Empire (2000, international affairs)
The Sorrows of Empire: Militarism, Secrecy, and the End of the Republic (2004, international affairs)
Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic (2006, international affairs)
Dismantling the Empire: America's Last Best Hope (2010, international affairs)

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