Douglas C. Waller is an author, lecturer, and former correspondent for ''Time'' magazine and ''

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''.

Biography

Douglas Waller was born on June 30, 1949, in Norfolk, Virginia, and holds a B.A. in English from

Wake Forest University Wake Forest University is a private research university in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Founded in 1834, the university received its name from its original location in Wake Forest, north of Raleigh, North Carolina. The Reynolda Campus, the un ...

, as well as an M.A. in Urban Administration from the

University of North Carolina at Charlotte The University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNC Charlotte or simply Charlotte) is a public research university in Charlotte, North Carolina. UNC Charlotte offers 24 doctoral, 66 master's, and 79 bachelor's degree programs through nine colle ...

. Waller describes himself as a veteran correspondent, author and lecturer. From 1994 to 2007, Waller served in

TIME Magazine ''Time'' (stylized in all caps) is an American news magazine based in New York City. For nearly a century, it was published weekly, but starting in March 2020 it transitioned to every other week. It was first published in New York City on Mar ...

's Washington Bureau, where he covered foreign affairs as a diplomatic correspondent. He came to TIME in 1994 from ''

'', 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 Edward William Proxmire (November 11, 1915 – December 15, 2005) was an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a United States Senator from Wisconsin from 1957 to 1989. He holds the record for being the longest-servi ...

and Representative

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. In a review posted online on June 25, 2015,

Kirkus Reviews ''Kirkus Reviews'' (or ''Kirkus Media'') is an American book review magazine founded in 1933 by Virginia Kirkus (1893–1980). The magazine is headquartered in New York City. ''Kirkus Reviews'' confers the annual Kirkus Prize to authors of fic ...

described his book ''Disciples'' as "one of the more interesting spy books this year." In the October 3–4, 2015 "Five Best" column in ''

The Wall Street Journal ''The Wall Street Journal'' is an American business-focused, international daily newspaper based in New York City, with international editions also available in Chinese and Japanese. The ''Journal'', along with its Asian editions, is published ...

'' Books section, Waller presented his personal choice of what he considered to be the five best works on American

espionage Espionage, spying, or intelligence gathering is the act of obtaining secret or confidential information (intelligence) from non-disclosed sources or divulging of the same without the permission of the holder of the information for a tangibl ...

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

Private life

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

Bibliography

Reports

* ''SDI: PROGRESS AND CHALLENGES'' with Douglas Cook and

James Bruce James Bruce of Kinnaird (14 December 1730 – 27 April 1794) was a Scottish traveller and travel writer who confirmed the source of the Blue Nile. He spent more than a dozen years in North Africa and Ethiopia and in 1770 became the first Europ ...

(March 1986)

Books

*''Commandos: The Making of America's Secret Soldiers, from Training to Desert Storm'' (1994) *''Air Warriors: The Inside Story of the Making of a Navy Pilot'' (1998) *''Big Red: The Three-Month Voyage of a Trident Nuclear Submarine'' (2001) *''A Question of Loyalty: Gen. Billy Mitchell and the Court-Martial that Gripped the Nation'' (2004) *''Wild Bill Donovan: The Spymaster Who Created the OSS and Modern American Espionage'' (2011) Free Press *''Disciples: The World War II Missions of the CIA Directors Who Fought for Wild Bill Donovan'' (2015)

Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster () is an American publishing company and a subsidiary of Paramount Global. It was founded in New York City on January 2, 1924 by Richard L. Simon and M. Lincoln Schuster. As of 2016, Simon & Schuster was the third largest publ ...

Reviews and Criticism of Waller's work

References

External links

Douglas's official website
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