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Title: An anti-relativistic author who freely employs relativistism
Review: This book is meant for the easily duped and for those who wilfuly close their eyes to hypocrisy. Mr. Johnson does not attempt to analyze and understand history, he tries to turn into a battle between good and evil. He criticizes relativism, yet is extremely relativistic himself. An example: Mr. Johnson claims that the Soviets committed a wilful act of terrorism when they shot down a Korean airliner. Yet merely a page earlier attributes the American shooting down of an Iranian airliner as a mistake attributable to the extreme tensions of the Persian. The author fails to mention any of the "red-baiting" in 1950s America, yet freely condemns others for similar repressions. For Mr. Johnson, Anglo-America can do no wrong, even if it is similar to others that he condemns. When trying to condemn relativism, it doesnt help to be relativistic. Hypocrisy does not prove your point right.
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