Born and raised in Wisconsin , U.S. he received a B.A. , M.A. and Ph.D in political science ( on a Ford Fellowship ) from the University of Wisconsin-Madison . His doctoral study was interrupted with the onset of the Vietnam War to which he was drafted as a member of the U.S. Navy serving on USS Forrestal ( CV-59 ) during the fire ( 1967-1968 ) as Division Officer . In 1986 he was an Instructor at the Chinese Ministry of Economic Affairs
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1967 USS Forrestal fire
Nicholas Peroff