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ROBERT L. HILLIARD, PhD, is a professor of Mass Communication at Emerson College in Boston. A former government official, he is the author of some twenty books, including Surviving the Americans: The Continued Struggle of the Jews After Liberation, and hundreds of newspaper and periodical articles. As a soldier in the U.S. Army, Hilliard received the Purple Heart, among other decorations. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.