William J. Duiker is a former
United States Foreign Service
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officer
and is currently Liberal Arts Professor Emeritus of East Asian Studies at
Penn State University
The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State or PSU) is a public state-related land-grant research university with campuses and facilities throughout Pennsylvania. Founded in 1855 as the Farmers' High School of Pennsylvania, Penn State became ...
. His area of expertise is
East Asia
East Asia is the eastern region of Asia, which is defined in both geographical and ethno-cultural terms. The modern states of East Asia include China, Japan, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, and Taiwan. China, North Korea, South Korea and ...
; while in the Foreign Service, he was stationed in Taiwan (the Republic of China), the Republic of (South) Vietnam, and Washington, D.C.. After leaving the State Department in 1965, he received his PhD degree in East Asian studies at
Georgetown University
Georgetown University is a private university, private research university in the Georgetown (Washington, D.C.), Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded by Bishop John Carroll (archbishop of Baltimore), John Carroll in 1789 as Georg ...
.
While at Penn State, Duiker served for ten years as Director of International Programs and as Chairman of the East Asian Studies Committee. He is the author of several books, including ''The Rise of Nationalism in Vietnam'', ''Cultures in Collision: The Boxer Rebellion'', ''Sacred War: Nationalism and Revolution in a Divided Vietnam'', ''The Communist Road to Power in Vietnam,'' ''U.S. Containment Policy and the Conflict in Indochina'', ''China and Vietnam: the Roots of Conflict'', and ''Ho Chi Minh: A Life''.
The latter, published in 2000, was the first comprehensive biography of
Ho Chi Minh
(: ; born ; 19 May 1890 – 2 September 1969), commonly known as ('Uncle Hồ'), also known as ('President Hồ'), (' Old father of the people') and by other aliases, was a Vietnamese revolutionary and statesman. He served as Prime ...
using sources from Vietnam. He also collaborates with his colleague Jackson J. Spielvogel in authoring the textbook ''World History'', which is now in its ninth edition with Cengage Press. He is also the sole author of ''Contemporary World History'' (Cengage Press), which is soon to come out in its seventh edition. Duiker retired from teaching in 1997 and currently lives in
Southern Shores
Southern Shores is a town in Dare County, North Carolina, United States. It is located on the Outer Banks and the population was 3,107 at the 2020 census.
Geography
Southern Shores is located at (36.124454, -75.732612).
According to the United ...
, N.C., with his wife Yvonne. He has two children: Laura Duiker Garlitos and Claire Louise Duiker.
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Pennsylvania State University faculty
Historians of the Vietnam War
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20th-century American historians
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21st-century American historians
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United States Foreign Service personnel
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Georgetown University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences alumni