Thomas L. Wilborn
April 3, 1995
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The author wishes to express his appreciation to the following individuals who read and commented on an earlier draft of this monograph. They are Mr. Lynn Turk of the Office of Korean Affairs, Department of State; Captain Tom Flanagan (U.S. Navy), LTC Michael J. Baier (U.S. Army) and MAJ Lloyd Miles (U.S. Army) of the Asia-Pacific Division, J-5, the Joint Staff; and Dr. Stephen Blank, Colonel (U.S. Army, Retired) Donald Boose, Colonel Paul P. Peyton, and Dr. Donald E. Schulz of the U.S. Army War College. All errors of fact and analysis are, of course, the sole responsibility of the author.
Major General Richard A. Chilcoat
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THOMAS L. WILBORN, a Research Professor of National Security Affairs, is an Asian specialist with the Strategic Studies Institute of the U.S. Army War College. His recent publications include Security Cooperation with China: Analysis and a Proposal; Japan's Self-Defense Forces: What Dangers to Northeast Asia?; Stability, Security Structures, and U.S. Policy for East Asia and the Pacific; and How Northeast Asians View Their Security<D>, Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, 1994, 1993, 1992, and 1991, respectively; and 'Arms Control and R.O.K. Relations with the D.P.R.K.,' The Korean Journal of Defense Analysis, Winter 1990. He is also author or coauthor of several other studies and articles related to Asian security, nuclear doctrine, and NATO. Before joining the Institute in 1975, Dr. Wilborn taught international relations and political science at James Madison University and Central Missouri University, and served on a University of Kentucky educational assistance group working at the Institut Teknologi Bandung, Bandung, Indonesia. He received the Ph.D. degree in political science from the University of Kentucky.
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