
Anyone seriously interested in America's future and its place in the world should read the essay.
Johnson has also responded to readers who commented on the essay and, if I read the site correctly, will entertain more dialogue in the coming days.
Johnson is a first-rate scholar whose work I first became familiar with years ago when I was doing academic research on the political economy of Japanese national security. The man is very smart and fearless and, while he sometimes writes like a very bold pundit, he has the facts and research to sustain his arguments.
You may disagree with what he has to say, but you had better come well prepared for a debate with him.
Read the essay at TPM Cafe and Chapter One of Nemesis.
--Marshal Zeringue