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Donovan wanted to lead the CIA, and had many supporters who urged Truman to put him in charge. Instead, the president gave the job to Admiral Roscoe Hillenkoetter, whom Waller described as "lackluster". Meanwhile, Donovan accepted a Truman appointment to head a committee studying the country's fire departments.
According to Douglas Waller, author of Wild Bill Donovan: The Spymaster Who Created the OSS and Modern American Espionage, the story goes something like this: “After once running them [the troops in his unit in Europe during World War I] in full packs on a three-mile obstacle course over walls, under barbed wire, through icy streams, and up ...
Douglas Waller's 'Wild Bill Donovan: The Spymaster Who Created the OSS and Modern American Espionage' is a splendid biography of the larger-than-life man who ran the legendary forerunner of...
30 wrz 2015 · Douglas Waller is an author, lecturer, and former correspondent for Time magazine. He is the author of Disciples: The World War II Missions of the CIA Directors Who Fought for Wild Bill Donovan (Simon & Schuster) which will be released on October 6.
In a nutshell, what is Wild Bill Donovan about? We’re really talking about three stories in this book: the tale of a heroic figure whose life was filled with personal tragedy, a spy drama that could be ripped from today’s headlines, and a story of political intrigue at the highest levels of government.
14 cze 2024 · Speaker: Douglas Waller. Douglas Waller is a veteran correspondent, author and lecturer. In almost two decades as a Washington journalist, he covered the Pentagon, Congress, the State Department, the White House and the CIA.
Douglas Waller is a veteran magazine correspondent, author and lecturer. In almost two decades as a Washington journalist, he has covered the Pentagon, Congress, the State Department, the White House and the CIA for such prestigious publications as Time and Newsweek.
