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Chalmers Johnson is president of the Japan Policy Research Institute and professor emeritus at the University of California, San Diego. His most recent book is The Sorrows of Empire: Militarism, Secrecy, and the End of the Republic. His previous book, Blowback: The Costs and Consequences of American Empire, has just been updated with a new introduction.