Dr. Qiang Zhai received his M.A. degree from Nanjing University (1984) and Ph.D. degree from Ohio University (1991). He has been teaching courses on the history and culture of China, Japan, and Vietnam at Auburn University Montgomery since 1991. His primary field of research is the history of the Cold War in Asia. He has published several books on U.S.-East-Asian relations during the Cold War, including The Dragon, the Lion, and the Eagle: Chinese-British-American Relations, 1949-1958 (Kent State University Press, 1994), China and the Vietnam Wars, 1950-1975 (University of North Carolina Press, 2000). He is a co-editor of The Encyclopedia of the Cold War (Routledge, 2008). He was named a Distinguished Research Professor by AUM in 1997 in recognition of his scholarly contribution to the study of Cold War history.