>[Jon] Halliday, who is 66 years old and married to Jung Chang, is a horse of another color. In 1975 he wrote "A Political History of Japanese Capitalism," a MR book that is must reading if you want to understand how modern Japan evolved. Around this time he was also on the board of New Left Review and Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars. How he ended up writing such a book is a real mystery.<
is it possible that he's an old Maoist whose "god" failed? (like the old CPers and associates who flipped out and became totally anti-CP back in the 50s.) -- Jim Devine "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante.
