Walter Bedell Smith (1895–1961)
Author of My three years in Moscow
About the Author
Image credit: Source: US Embassy, Moscow
Works by Walter Bedell Smith
Rusia contra Estados Unidos 2 copies
Associated Works
Journey For Our Time: The Journals of the Marquis de Custine Russia 1839 (1843) — Introduction, some editions — 60 copies, 1 review
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Smith, Walter Bedell
- Other names
- Smith, Beetle
- Birthdate
- 1895-10-05
- Date of death
- 1961-08-09
- Gender
- male
- Education
- United States Army War College (1937)
Butler University
United States Army Infantry School (1932) - Occupations
- military officer (United States Army ∙ general)
United States Under Secretary of State (1953-1954)
Director of the United States Central Intelligence Agency (1950-1953)
United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union (1946-1948)
army general
diplomat - Organizations
- United States Army
Central Intelligence Agency
United States Department of State
Indiana National Guard - Awards and honors
- Bronze Star
Army Distinguished Service Medal (3)
Navy Distinguished Service Medal
Legion of Merit
National Security Medal
World War I Victory Medal (show all 28)
American Defense Service Medal
European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal
World War II Victory Medal
Army of Occupation Medal
National Defense Service Medal
Grand Croix de l'Ordre de la Couronne
Croix de Guerre
Order of Military Merit (Grand Cross ∙ Brazil)
Medal of Military Merit of the Army (First Class ∙ Grand Cross ∙ Chile)
Order of the White Lion (Czechoslovakia)
War Cross 1939–1945 (Czechoslovakia)
Legion of Honor (Grand Officer)
Order of the Bath (Knight Commander)
Order of the British Empire (Knight Commander)
Order of the Oak Crown (Grand Cross ∙ Luxembourg)
Order of Ouissam Alaouite (Grand Cross ∙ Morocco)
Order of the Netherlands Lion (Knight Grand Cross ∙ Netherlands)
Order of Virtuti Militari (Silver Cross ∙ Poland)
Order of Polonia Restituta (Poland)
Cross of Grunwald
Order of Nichan Iftikhar (Tunisia)
Order of Kutuzov (U.S.S.R.) - Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
- Places of residence
- Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Washington, D.C., USA
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union - Place of death
- Washington, D.C., USA
- Associated Place (for map)
- USA
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Reviews
My first reading of this book ended with me deciding it was too boring to get past the first couple of chapters. I am going to try reading it again to see if it has improved with age.
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- Works
- 5
- Also by
- 1
- Members
- 59
- Popularity
- #280,812
- Rating
- 3.7
- Reviews
- 1
- ISBNs
- 2