Sponsored by The Center for The Pacific Rim at The University of San Francisco in association with The Commonwealth Club.

Chalmers Johnson, one of America's leading public intellectuals, was awarded chairs by both U.C. Berkeley and U.C. San Diego during his long academic career. Among his two dozen books he set the standard for the study of the Chinese revolution (Peasant Nationalism) and the Japanese economy (MITI and the Japanese Economic Miracle). Upon retirement from U.C., Johnson founded the Japan Policy Research Institute in order to publish cutting-edge essays on current topics. His trilogy is a monumental study of American foreign and military problems in the 21st century. This program celebrates the publication this month of Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic.