Pike, Douglas Eugene, 1924-

Contributed to

National security
essay 1989

Summary: Douglas Eugene Pike was a leading American historian and foremost scholar on the Vietnam War and the Viet Cong based at Texas Tech University. From 1997, Pike was the director of the Indochina Archive at the University of California, Berkeley and from 1981 and prior to that served as Foreign Service Officer in Asia, with assignments in Saigon, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Taipei. Pike served for 15 years as the State Department's leading analyst. He was considered an expert on the National Liberation Front and NVA before his death in 2002. Wikipedia
Gender or Sex: Male [1][3][4][5]; Unknown [2]
Born: 1924 [2]; 1924-07-27 [5]
Birth Place: Cass Lake, Minn. [3]; Cass Lake [5]
Died: 2002-05-13 [3]
Death Place: Lubbock, Tex. [3]; Lubbock [5]
Language: English [3]
Occupation: historian [5]; diplomat [5]

Sources: 1. VIAF; 2. Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany); 3. Bibliothèque nationale de France; 4. National Library of Korea; 5. Wikidata

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