William J. Duiker

William J. Duiker is a former United States Foreign Service officer^[1] and Professor of History at Penn State University.^[2] His area of expertise is East Asia;^[3] while in the Foreign Service he spent several years in Vietnam, where an injury left him with partial hearing in one ear.

Duiker is the author of Ho Chi Minh: A Life, published in 2000, which was the first comprehensive biography of Ho Chi Minh using sources from Vietnam. He recently retired from teaching.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} ""Ho Chi Minh" by William J. Duiker". Salon.com. November 14, 2000. http://www.salon.com/books/review/2000/11/14/duiker. Retrieved December 3, 2010. 
2. ^ "Increased trade could shift US". The Daily Collegian. January 26, 1984. 
3. ^ Sherman, Christine (April 30, 2000). "Vietnam: 25 Years". The Press of Atlantic City. 

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