Robert D. Eldridge

A former tenured associate professor at Osaka University and deputy chief of staff, G-7 (Government and External Affairs), Marine Corps Installations Pacific. Served as the political advisor to the Marines’ Forward Command Element at Camp Sendai following the 2011 tsunami disaster. Has published numerous books, including Japanese Public Opinion and the War on Terrorism (co-editor, 2008), Megaquake: How Japan and the World Should Respond (translator and co-author, 2015), and Tomodachi sakusen: Kesennuma Ōshima to Beigun Kaiheitai no kiseki no kizuna (Operation Tomodachi and the Special Relationship Between Ōshima, Kesennuma, and the US Marine Corps) (author, 2017). He can be reached at: robert@robertdeldridge.com.

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May 17, 2017