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On the Backgrounds of the Pacific War
Chomsky, Noam
http://chomsky.info/articles/196709--.htmPublisher: Liberation Year Published: 1967 Resource Type: Article Cx Number: CX8824 This essay touches on several questions: on Muste's revolutionary pacifism and his interpretation of it in connection with the Second World War; on the backgrounds of Japan's imperial ventures; on the Western reaction and responsibility; and, by implication, on the relevance of these matters to the problems of contemporary imperialism in Asia. WHile Chomsky does not advocate a particular "political line", he does assert that it was the lack of radical political critique which, though not exclusively, contributed to the atrocity of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Subject Headings |