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词条 Douglas C. Waller
释义

  1. Biography

  2. Private life

  3. Bibliography

     Reports   Books   Reviews and Criticism of Waller's work 

  4. See also

  5. References

  6. External links

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2013}}{{BLP sources|date=April 2011}}Douglas C. Waller is an author, lecturer, and former correspondent for Time magazine and Newsweek.[1][2]

Biography

Douglas Waller was born on June 30, 1949 in Norfolk, Virginia, and holds a B.A. in English from Wake Forest University, as well as an M.A. in Urban Administration from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

Waller describes himself as a veteran correspondent, author and lecturer.[3] From 1994 to 2007, Waller served in TIME Magazine's Washington Bureau, where he covered foreign affairs as a diplomatic correspondent. He came to TIME in 1994 from Newsweek, where he reported on major military conflicts. Waller joined Newsweek in 1988, after serving as a legislative assistant on the staffs of Senator William Proxmire and Representative Edward J. Markey.

In a review posted online on June 25, 2015, Kirkus Reviews described his book Disciples as "one of the more interesting spy books this year."[2] In the October 3–4, 2015 "Five Best" column in the Wall Street Journal Books section, Waller presented his personal choice of what he considered to be the five best works on American espionage in World War II.[5][6]

Private life

Waller and his wife, Judy, lives in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Bibliography

Reports

  • SDI: PROGRESS AND CHALLENGES with Douglas Cook and James Bruce (March 1986) [1]

Books

  • Commandos: The Making of America's Secret Soldiers, from Training to Desert Storm (1994) {{ISBN|0-671-78717-9}}
  • Air Warriors: The Inside Story of the Making of a Navy Pilot (1998) {{ISBN|0-440-23531-6}}
  • Big Red: The Three-Month Voyage of a Trident Nuclear Submarine (2001) {{ISBN|0-380-82078-1}}
  • A Question of Loyalty: Gen. Billy Mitchell and the Court-Martial that Gripped the Nation (2004) {{ISBN|0-06-050547-8}}
  • Wild Bill Donovan: The Spymaster Who Created the OSS and Modern American Espionage (2011) Free Press {{ISBN|1-4165-6744-5}}
  • Disciples: The World War II Missions of the CIA Directors Who Fought for Wild Bill Donovan (2015) Simon & Schuster {{ISBN|978-1-4516-9372-0}}[2]

Reviews and Criticism of Waller's work

  • {{cite journal |last=Menand |first=Louis |authorlink= |date=14 March 2011 |title=Books: Wild Thing |journal=The New Yorker |volume=87 |issue=04 |pages=69–72 |url=http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/books/2011/03/14/110314crbo_books_menand |accessdate=10 February 2014 }}

See also

  • Strategic Defense Initiative

References

1. ^{{cite web|title=SDI: PROGRESS AND CHALLENGES|url=http://www.dtic.mil/get-tr-doc/pdf?Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf&AD=ADA351714|publisher=dtic.mil|accessdate=27 December 2015}}
2. ^{{cite web|title=Douglas Waller: Biography|url=http://www2.douglascwaller.com/biography/|publisher=Douglas C. Waller|accessdate=21 January 2016}}
3. ^{{cite web|title=DISCIPLES The World War II Missions of the CIA Directors Who Fought for Wild Bill Donovan|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/douglas-waller/disciples-world-war/|publisher=Kirkus Reviews|accessdate=27 December 2015}}
4. ^{{cite book|last1=Shultz|first1=Richard H.|author-link1=Richard H. Shultz|last2=Pfaltzgraff|first2=Robert L.|title=The role of naval forces in 21st-century operations|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NItvWf88rf8C&pg=PA82|accessdate=April 4, 2011|date=June 1, 2000|publisher=Brassey's|isbn=978-1-57488-256-8|page=82}}
5. ^{{cite web|title=Douglas Waller on American espionage in World War II|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/douglas-waller-1443818512|publisher=Wall Street Journal|accessdate=27 December 2015}}
6. ^{{cite web|title=Douglas Waller on American espionage in World War II|url=http://www2.douglascwaller.com/wp-content/uploads/Waller-WSJ.pdf|publisher=Wall Street Journal|accessdate=21 January 2016}}
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External links

  • Douglas's official website
  • {{C-SPAN|douglaswaller}}
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  • {{Worldcat id|lccn-n82-102104}}
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