Don Oberdorfer is an American professor at Johns Hopkins University and was a journalist for 38 years, 25 of them with the Washington Post. He is the author of five books and several academic papers. The Johns Hopkins University is a private institution of higher learning located in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. ... ...

As a young man he graduated from Princeton University and went to South Korea as an Army lieutenant after the signing of the armistice that ended the Korean War. In 1955 he joined the Charlotte Observer, and eventually found a job with the Washington Post. He was assigned to cover the administration of President Richard Nixon but spent the bulk of his time (17 years) with the paper as a diplomatic correspondent in Tokyo. He retired in 1993. Princeton University, incorporated as The Trustees of Princeton University, located in Princeton, New Jersey, is the fourth-oldest institution to conduct higher education in the United States. ... The Korean War, from June 25, 1950 to cease-fire on July 27, 1953 (the war has not ended officially), was a conflict between North Korea and South Korea. ... 1955 (MCMLV in Roman) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Charlotte Observer, serving Charlotte, North Carolina, is the oldest daily newspaper in the United States (other newspapers, such as The New York Times began circulation before The Observer but were not daily). ... Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994) was the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. ... View of Tokyos Shibuya district Long a symbol of Tokyo, the Nijubashi Bridge at the Imperial Palace. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII in Roman) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ...

Bibliography

• Tet!, September 1, 1971, ISBN 0385085710. (finalist for the National Book Award)
• The Turn: From the Cold War to the New Era, Poseidon Press, October 1, 1991, ISBN 0671707833.

Published in an updated edition as From the Cold War to the New Era: The United States and the Soviet Union, 1983-1991, The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998, ISBN 0801859220.

• Princeton University: The First 250 Years, Princeton University Press, October 30, 1995, ISBN 0691011222.
• The Two Koreas: A Contemporary History, Perseus Books, October 1, 1997, ISBN 0201409275.

Published in a revised and updated edition, Basic Books, February 5, 2002, ISBN 0465051626.

• Senator Mansfield: The Extraordinary Life of a Great American Statesman and Diplomat, Smithsonian Books, October 1, 2003, ISBN 1588341666.

The National Book Awards is the most important literary prize in the United States, presented annually for the best books by living U.S. citizens published in the U.S. The awards have been presented since 1950 in at least one category, and is presently awarded in each of four...

Selected Articles and Papers

• Don Oberderfer and Donald Gregg, "A Moment to Seize With North Korea", Washington Post, June 22, 2005[1]
• Don Oberdorfer, "The United States and South Korea: Can This Alliance Last?", Policy Forum Online, November 17, 2005.[2]
• Don Oberdorfer and Hajime Izumi, "The United States, Japan, and the Korean Peninsula: Coordinating Policies and Objectives".[3]

External links

• Official website
• The Don Oberdorfer Papers
• "ROK-US Alliance Is In Trouble: Scholar" The Korea Times, November 3, 2005.
• Multimedia: Keynote Address for the Foreign Policy Research Institute.[4]