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16 Books

The author of 16 books,
Mr. Salisbury has received the
Sigma Delta Chi Award,
Distinguished Achievement
Medal from the University of
Minnesota and George Polk
Memorial Award for foreign
reporting.

Mr. Salisbury is most noted
for his coverage and analysis of
the Soviet Union where he
wrote for United Press
International in 1944 examining
the Russian war effort, and the
New York Times 1949-54,
during the era of Stalin's death
and the subsequent power
struggle.

In 1966 Mr. Salisbury was
among the first American
newspapermen to visit North
Vietnam and report on the
effectiveness of the war effort.
The result of this examination
was his book "Behind the Lines,"
in which he proposed that a
non-Communist South
Vietnam could be assured by
negotiation.