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14 Facts About Robert Dorr

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Robert F Dorr was an American author and retired senior diplomat who wrote and published over 70 books, hundreds of short stories, and numerous contemporary non-fiction articles on international affairs, military issues, and the Vietnam War.

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Robert Dorr is on the Masthead as the technical editor of Air Power History, the journal of the Air Force Historical Foundation, and was Washington correspondent for the discontinued World Air Power Journal.

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Robert Dorr has appeared as an expert on numerous CNN, History News Network, C-SPAN, and other national and cable television programs.

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In 1947, Robert Dorr moved with his family to the nearby Maryland suburbs where he would graduate from high school.

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Robert Dorr's writing career in Men's adventure magazines began around this time.

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In 1964, Robert Dorr became a Foreign Service Officer with the US Department of State, where he was assigned as a US diplomat and political officer to US Embassies and Consulates in Madagascar, South Korea, Japan, Liberia, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.

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Robert Dorr was fluent in French, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Swedish, and German, and retired as a Senior Foreign Service officer in 1990.

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Robert Dorr spent 25 years as a Senior Foreign Service Officer with the US State Department.

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Robert Dorr held senior positions in Washington after tours of duty in Tananarive, Madagascar; Seoul, Korea; Fukuoka, Japan; Monrovia, Liberia; Stockholm, Sweden; and London, England.

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Robert Dorr married his wife, a South Korean national, in 1968 in a ceremony that was held at the home of his Foreign Service mentor, Ambassador William J Porter.

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Robert Dorr published his first magazine article in 1955 and is best known for his magazine and newspaper work.

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Robert Dorr was heavily engaged in writing for London-based Aerospace Publishing - initially for its partwork magazines and latterly for its prestigious quarterlies, including World Air Power Journal.

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Robert Dorr has been interviewed on several networks, including C-SPAN, the Discovery Channel, CNN, and local Washington-area newscasts.

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14.

Robert Dorr published the science fiction novel Hitler's Time Machine in January 2015.

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