Two sided masterpages in InDesign

I am designing personalized mailers for a client that needs to be double sided. How can I create a master page for both the front and the back of the mailer in InDesign 5 or 6 so if I safe the pdf my file would consist of the front and back pages collated e.g. Front1, Back1, Front2, Back2, etc.? I need to supply the pdf collated to the printers and there are about 2000 different names with both a front and a back. I do not have the time to make to merge the two different file together in one pdf so that the front and the back of the mailer would be together in the pdf file.
Are there a faster way to merge such files in AcrobatPro without manually moving the pages to the correct position?

Start off by creating a 2 page document with facing pages. Use a 2 page master. Position your variable placeholders on the master pages, left for the back of mailer, right for the front of mailer. When you create the merged document, it will create a multi page document of front, back, front, back, etc. If the pages have bleed, there are a few things you can do to accommodate this situation.

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