[lbo-talk] "Knee-Jerk Anti-Imperialism" Re: Two Takes

Brad DeLong delong at econ.Berkeley.EDU
Sat Apr 12 19:16:27 PDT 2003



>The war against Japan was an imperialist war plain and simple,
>between two imperiali powers;

China views it very differently. The near-genocide Japan perpetrated on China during WWII approached (but did not match) what the Nazis tried to do to the Russians. The Japanese fascist state was an extremely ugly thing. I am surprised that so many people avert their gaze from it.

Brad DeLong



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