Thomas Plate
Adjunct Professor

Department of Speech-Communications Studies
330 Kinsey Hall
Phone: 310.825.3303 or LA TIMES 213.237.7944 E-mail:tplate@ucla.edu

Research Interests:

  • Current events in China, Japan, Korea
  • Columnist for the Los Angeles Times on Asia
  • Media in East Asia
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    Education

  • B.A.Amherst College, 1966
  • M.A. Princeton University, 1968 (MPIA)
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    Publications

  • Weekly column on East Asia for the L.A. Times.
  • 1981. Secret Police: A Study of Internal Security Organizations around the World. New York: Doubleday and London (1982): Hall Ltd.
  • 1977. With Patrick Murphy. Commissioner. New York: Simon & Schuster.
  • 1976. Crime Pays!: A Study of Professional Criminals in America. New York: Ballantine Books and Simon & Schuster (1975).
  • 1971. Understanding Doomsday: A Study of the Superpower Nuclear Arms Race. New York: Simon & Schuster and Touchstone Paperback (1971).
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