More Johnson talk.(Letter to the Editor)
American Prospect, The, June, 2004 by Meeropol, Michael
HOW UNFORTUNATE THAT you chose a reviewer so dismissive of Chalmers Johnson's latest book. The Sorrows of Empire explores America's toxic love affair with military might, its domestic political effects, and its role in the globalization of capital. Laura Secor's review ["Foreign Discomfort," April] favors rhetorical tactics over a critique based on fact and logic.
Johnson's remarkable statistic of 725-plus U.S. military bases worldwide, for example, is merely something "Johnson tells us," followed by the reviewer's absurd accusation that Johnson can't tell ...
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