ABSTRACT
My direct experience in Asia began in March 1952, when I flew to Japan during
the Korean War. I have lived in Asia for more than twenty years, and have been
focused on that region almost continuously for half a century. Almost all of my
work concerning Asia has been carried out under the shadow of war; the Korean
War, the Vietnam War, and finally the Cold War, which lingers like the dirty
remnants of a melting glacier on the Korean Peninsula.
