Robert T Oliver

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Robert T Oliver was an American author, lecturer and an authority on the Far East.

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[edit] Educationl Biography

Doctor Oliver was a member of the faculty at Pennsylvania State University and widely known as an Educator.

[edit] Far East Interest

He has for many years made a study of Korea, and was a close friend and associate of Syngman Rhee, and served as an adviser to President Rhee in Korea, and to the Korean Commission and the Korean Delegation to the United Nations Since 1947 he has managed the Washington Bureau.of the Korean Pacific Press and was the editor of the monthly magazine Korean Survey [1]

[edit] Bibliography

  • The Truth About Korea (Published by Putman in 1951)
  • Syngman Rhee: The Man Behind the Myth [2]
  • Verdict in Korea (1952)
  • Why War Came in Korea (1950)
  • Korea: Forgotten Nation (1944)
  • Four Who Spoke Out: Burke, Fox, Sheridan and Pitt (1946)
  • Training for Effective Speech (1939)
  • Psychology of Persuasive Speech (1942)
  • Developing Ideas (1943 - co-author with H L Robbins)
  • Effective Speech Notebook (1945)
  • The New Training for Effective Speech (1946 and 1952 - co-author with Rupert L. Cortright)
  • Essentials of Communicative Speech (1949 - co-author with H.P.Zelko and D.C. Hickey)
  • Persuasive Speaking: Principles and Methods (1950)
  • Korea, My Country by Yung Tai Pyun (1953 - Oliver was Editor)


[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ Far East Interest detail taken from the rear of the dustwrapper of a copy of a hardback published by Robert Hale London edition - First published in 1955
  2. ^ Bibliographic detail taken from a hardback copy of Syngman Rhee which is illustrated and first published by Robert Hale London in 1955