All of you need to read “BLOWBACK”! It puts so many of your comments and guesses into perspective historically without having to go out and reread US & world history texts, and, (for true balance), the world history texts of foreign countries.
I actually heard of this book from a journalist friend I met in Japan. His name is Murray Sayle (Australian – but has lived in Japan for decades). We were the only foreigners living where we did, and we had fantastic conversations over dinner regarding world-wide politics, historical events, etc. It was terribly eye-opening to discuss these things with someone who not only covered the events, but is not American.
Interestingly – the author of Blowback (Chalmers Johnson) is one of Murray’s best friends – and get this… he lives in Cardiff, CA!!!!!
