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William E. Odom (1932–2008)

Author of Fixing Intelligence: For a More Secure America

7 Works 103 Members 0 Reviews

About the Author

William E. Odom, a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute

Image credit: Photo by Russell Roederer, U.S. Dept. of Defense (Wikimedia Commons)

Works by William E. Odom

Fixing Intelligence: For a More Secure America (2003) 61 copies

America's Inadvertent Empire (2004) 21 copies

On Internal War: American and Soviet Approaches to Third World Clients and Insurgents (1991) 7 copies

Commonwealth or empire? : Russia, Central Asia, and the Transcaucasus (1995) 5 copies

Soviet Volunteers: Modernization and Bureaucracy in a Public Mass Organization (1974) 4 copies

America's Military Revolution: Strategy and Structure After the Cold War (1993) 3 copies

Trial after triumph : East Asia after the Cold War (1992) 2 copies

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Common Knowledge

Canonical name: Odom, William E.
Legal name: Odom, William Eldridge
Birthdate: 1932-06-23
Date of death: 2008-05-30
Gender: male
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: Cookeville, Tennessee, USA
Place of death: Lincoln, Vermont, USA
Places of residence: Cookeville, Tennessee, USA
Lincoln, Vermont, USA
Education: United States Military Academy (BS|1954)
Columbia University
Occupations: army officer
Relationships: Odom, Anne (spouse)
Organizations: United States Army
National Security Agency
Awards and honors: Army Distinguished Service Medal
Defense Superior Service Medal
Legion of Merit
Meritorious Service Medal
Joint Service Commendation Medal
Army Commendation Medal (show all 12)
Army of Occupation Medal
National Defense Service Medal
Vietnam Service Medal
Vietnam Staff Service Medal
Vietnam Campaign Medal
Presidential Service Badge

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Works: 7
Members: 103
Popularity: #185,855
Rating: 3.0

ISBNs: 15

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