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Douglas Pike (Douglas Eugene Pike) was born on 27 July, 1924 in Cass Lake, Minnesota, is an American historian. Discover Douglas Pike's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 78 years old?

Popular As Douglas Eugene Pike
Occupation Historian
Age 78 years old
Zodiac Sign Leo
Born 27 July 1924
Birthday 27 July
Birthplace Cass Lake, Minnesota
Date of death 2002
Died Place Lubbock, Texas
Nationality United States

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His wife is Myrna Johnson (m. September 15, 1956)

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1924

Douglas Eugene Pike (July 27, 1924 – May 13, 2002) was a leading American historian and foremost scholar on the Vietnam War and the Viet Cong based at Texas Tech University.

1943

He served between 1943–1946 and reached the rank of Master Sergeant.

1958

Pike received a degree in journalism from the University of North Dakota as a bachelor's in international communications from the University of California, Berkeley and also a MA from American University in Washington D.C. (1958).

1963

Pike worked at the MIT Center for International Studies (1963–64) a year after graduate.

He founded the journal Indochina Chronology, and has authored numerous books and articles on the war and the National Liberation Front.

His book PAVN: People's Army of Vietnam has been described as "one of the two or three most significant books to emerge from the war".

Pike was born in Cass Lake, Minnesota.

He grew up in Minor and had planned on a career in journalism, but with the outbreak of World War II, he joined the Army Signal Corps and served in the South Pacific.

1982

Pike founded The Indochina Chronology in 1982 to cover both historical and contemporary events in Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos.

1997

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 (now Ho Chi Minh City), Hong Kong, Tokyo and Taipei.

Pike served for 15 years as the State Department's leading analyst.

2002

He was considered an expert on the National Liberation Front and NVA (People's Army of Vietnam) before his death in 2002.