David K ShiplerDAVID K. SHIPLER reported for The New York Times from 1966 to 1988 and is the author of four other books. Shipler, who has been a guest scholar at the Brookings Institution and a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, hastaught at Princeton University; at American University in Washington, D.C.; and at Dartmouth College. He lives in Chevy Chase, Maryland. Read More Read Less