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| '''Douglas Pike''' |
'''Douglas Pike''' was a retired U.S. ] who spent most of his career in Asia, with assignments in Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City), Hong Kong, Tokyo and Taipei. He was also a historian who specialized in the ] and the ].<ref>{{cite news|url=}}</ref> He served for 15 years as the State Department's leading analyst.<ref name="David Chanoff">{{cite news|last=Chanoff|first=David|title=Flashback; Twenty-Five Years of Writing on the Vietnam War|url=http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/53193295.html?dids=53193295:53193295&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Apr+30%2C+2000&author=David+Chanoff&pub=The+Washington+Post&desc=Flashback%3B+Twenty-Five+Years+of+Writing+on+the+Vietnam+War&pqatl=google|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=04/30/2000}}</ref> He was considered the leading expert on the VC and NVA before his death in 2002.<ref name=Martin>{{cite news|last=Martin|first=Douglas|title=Douglas Pike, Vietnam Expert, Dies at 77|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/16/world/douglas-pike-vietnam-expert-dies-at-77.html|newspaper=New York Times|date=16/05/2002}}</ref><ref name=Buckley>{{cite news|last=Buckley|first=William F.|title=On the right|url=http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wv1GAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0XsMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4212,4197831&dq=douglas-pike&hl=en|newspaper=Warsaw Times-Union|date=12/28/1970}}</ref> | ||
| Pike has a bachelor's degree in journalism from University of Northern Dacota and international communications from UC Berkeley. | Pike has a bachelor's degree in journalism from University of Northern Dacota and international communications from UC Berkeley. | ||
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Douglas Pike was a retired U.S. Foreign Service Officer who spent most of his career in Asia, with assignments in Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City), Hong Kong, Tokyo and Taipei. He was also a historian who specialized in the Vietnam War and the Viet Cong. He served for 15 years as the State Department's leading analyst. He was considered the leading expert on the VC and NVA before his death in 2002.
Pike has a bachelor's degree in journalism from University of Northern Dacota and international communications from UC Berkeley.
He was the founder of the journal Indochina Chronology which was subscribed to by academics and diplomats worldwide. He has authored numerous books and articles on the war and the VC. His book Pavn: Peoples Army of Vietnam has been described as "one of the two or three most significant books to emerge from the war".
The Indochina Chronology
Pike founded The Indochina Chronology in 1982 to cover both historical and contemporary events in Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos.
Published works
- Pike, Douglas (1970) Australia: The Quiet Continent Cambridge University Press ISBN 978-0521096041
References
- [http://lubbockonline.com/stories/051402/loc_0514020038.shtml%5D].
{{cite news}}: Check|url=value (help); Missing or empty|title=(help) - Chanoff, David (04/30/2000). "Flashback; Twenty-Five Years of Writing on the Vietnam War". The Washington Post.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Martin, Douglas (16/05/2002). "Douglas Pike, Vietnam Expert, Dies at 77". New York Times.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - Buckley, William F. (12/28/1970). "On the right". Warsaw Times-Union.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - Chanoff, David (04/20/1986). "Pavn: Peoples Army of Vietnam". LA Times.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - "The Indochina Chronology". The Vietnam Center & Archive.