Theodore F. Cook is a professor emeritus of history and former director of the Asian studies program at William Paterson University. The co-author with Haruko Taya Cook of Japan at War (The New Press), he lives in New York City. The late Haruko Taya Cook was a professor emerita in history at Marymount College of Fordham University and the co-author (with Theodore F. Cook) of Japan at War (The New Press).