Heard Chalmers Johnson on the radio today. Is he as brilliant

[rzemanfl]

as he sounds (except for that nervous laugh)? Plan to get his book, anyone read it? Sounds depressing.

He said the U.S. thought it had "won" the Cold War, when really it just didn't lose as badly as the U.S.S.R. did. Immediately, I thought "well of course, how did something so obvious elude me?"

[punpirate]

1. He's a bright guy...

... with an especially wide background in US-Asian relations.

Of which book are you speaking? He's had two out recently. Blowback and The Sorrows of Empire. I've read the latter, but not the former. The Sorrows of Empire is excellent.

Cheers.

[immoderate]

2. I've seen him interviewed at length.

Too bad his books are not more widely read. He is truly brilliant. Surprise is that he was a conservative. But he understands truth.

--IMM

[rzemanfl]

6. Just ordered The Sorrows of Empire, don't get how to do italics.

[punpirate]

7. When you write a post...

... look on the post page for the link "HTML lookup table." That will show you how to do alternate characters, such italics, bold, underlined, etc.

For the most part, it's like standard HTML, except that the text instructions are within brackets, rather than within arrows.

Cheers.

[rzemanfl]

8. Tried that got [i] The Sorrows of Empire[/i] n/t

[Kathy in Cambridge]

3. His books are great. You should read

"The Sorrows of Empire" if you haven't already. The comparisons between the US and the Roman Empire are quite prescient.

[rzemanfl]

4. Just ordered it. Thanks, I thought it would be good from hearing

the guy speak.

[KG]

5. heard that today also - Alternative Radio is a valuable resource.