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William Frank Buckley Jr. (born William Francis Buckley; [a] November 24, 1925 – February 27, 2008) was an American conservative writer, public intellectual, and political commentator. [ 1 ] Born in New York City, Buckley spoke Spanish as his first language before learning French and then English as a child. [ 2 ]
William Francis Buckley (May 30, 1928 – June 3, 1985) was a United States Army officer in the United States Army Special Forces, and a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) station chief in Beirut from 1984 [1] until his kidnapping and execution in 1985. Buckley's cover was as a political officer at the U.S. Embassy.
William Buckley (born 1776–1780 – died 30 January 1856), also known as the "wild white man", was an English bricklayer, and served in the military until 1802, when he was convicted of theft. He was then transported to Australia , where he helped construct buildings for the fledgling penal settlement at Port Phillip Bay in what is now ...
William F. Buckley Jr. (1925–2008), American author and conservative commentator William Francis Buckley (1928–1985), U.S. Army officer and intelligence agency operative Bill Buckley (radio presenter) (born 1959), radio, television presenter and actor
Best of Enemies is a 2015 American documentary film co-directed by Robert Gordon and Morgan Neville about the televised debates between intellectuals Gore Vidal and William F. Buckley Jr. during the 1968 United States presidential election. The film premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival. It was acquired by Magnolia and Participant Media. [4]
The Story of Henri Tod is a 1984 Blackford Oakes novel by William F. Buckley, Jr. [1] It is the fifth of 11 novels in the series. Plot.
Odyssey of a Friend: Whittaker Chambers' Letters to William F. Buckley Jr. 1954–1961. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. 1969. ISBN 9780895267887. The Governor Listeth. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. 1970. ISBN 9780425020241. Did You Ever See a Dream Walking?: American Conservative Thought in the Twentieth Century.
Oakes was born in 1925. He served in World War II as a fighter pilot and graduated from Yale University. [1] Oakes is an engineer by training (at one point in the series, he is hired by an architectural firm), and Anthony Trust, ahead of Black at both Greyburn and Yale, recruits him for the Central Intelligence Agency in his senior year, 1951.