Pierre Asselin was born in Quebec City, Canada. He is the Dwight E. Stanford Chair in the History of US Foreign Relations at San Diego State University, specializing in East/Southeast Asia and the larger Cold War context. He is a leading authority on the Vietnam War, speaks Vietnamese, and regularly travels to Vietnam for research.Asselin is the author of _A Bitter Peace: Washington, Hanoi, and the Making of the Paris Agreement_ (University of North Carolina Press, 2002), which won the 2003 Kenneth W. Baldridge Prize, and _Hanoi’s Road to the Vietnam War, 1954-1965_ (University of California Press, 2013), winner of the 2013 Arthur Goodzeit Book Award. His latest book, _Vietnam’s American War: A History_ (Cambridge University Press, 2017), is a comprehensive history of the war told from the "other side," that is, focusing on the Vietnamese communist experience. Other notable publications include "The Democratic Republic of Vietnam and the 1954 Geneva Conference: A Revisionist Critique" in _Cold War History_ (2011); "Revisionism Triumphant: Hanoi's Diplomatic Strategy in the Nixon Era" in _Journal of Cold War Studies_ (2011); and "'We Don't Want a Munich': Hanoi's Diplomatic Strategy, 1965-1968" in _Diplomatic History_ (2012).Before relocating to the mainland Asselin lived in Honolulu for 26 years and taught at Kapiolani Community College, Chaminade University, and Hawaii Pacific University. He is an avid hockey player/fan and stand-up paddler. He's enjoying his new life in San Diego in the company of his scintillating wife, Grace, and cat, Ursula.Read more about this authorRead less about this author