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 retired from teaching in 2001.[1]

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  1. 1.0 1.1 ""Ho Chi Minh" by William J. Duiker". Salon.com. November 14, 2000. 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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