Matray, James I(rving)

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MATRAY, James I(rving)

MATRAY, James I(rving). American, b. 1948. Genres: History, Politics/ Government, International relations/Current affairs. Career: Taught at University of Texas at Arlington, California State College, Bakersfield, Glenville State College, Glenville, WV, and Delaware State College, Dover, 1975-80; New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, visiting assistant professor, 1980-82, assistant professor, 1982-87, associate professor of history, 1987-1992, professor of history, 1992-; Visiting associate professor, University of Southern California, 1988-89; distinguished visiting scholar, Graduate Institute of Peace Studies, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea, 1990. Publications: The Reluctant Crusade: American Foreign Policy in Korea, 1941-1950, 1985; Historical Dictionary of the Korean War, 1991; (ed. with Kim Chull-Baum) Korea and the Cold War: Division, Destruction, and Disarmament, 1993; The Emergence of Japan as a Global Power, 2000; Encyclopedia of U.S.-East Asian Relations, 2002. Address: Department of History, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM 88003, U.S.A. Online address: [email protected]