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 (WFU) is a private research university in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States. Founded in 1834, the university received its name from its original location in Wake Forest, north of Raleigh, North Carolina. The R ...

, 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, United States. UNC Charlotte offers 24 doctoral, 66 master's, and 79 bachelor's degree programs thr ...

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

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'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

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and Representative Edward J. Markey. In a review posted online on June 25, 2015,

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

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

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Private life

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

Bibliography

Reports

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

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(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)

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Reviews and criticism of Waller's work

References

External links

Douglas's official website
* * Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American military writers Wake Forest University alumni 1949 births Writers from Norfolk, Virginia {{US-journalist-20thC-stub