Douglas Reed Biography
| Born as | Douglas Valentine Reed |
| Occup. | Journalist |
| From | United Kingdom |
| Spouse | Gladys Mary Reed |
| Born | November 17, 1895
Taunton, Somerset, United Kingdom |
| Died | November 17, 1976
Budapest, Hungary |
| Cause | Natural Causes |
| Aged | 81 years |
Early Life
Douglas Reed was born upon March 11, 1895, in London, United Kingdom. He invested his youth in Northumberland, England. Reed was the 3rd kid of Percy Herbert Reed, a clerk, as well as Ida Matilda Collins. He went to the South Cheshire School and also the South Shields School in Northumberland.
World war
At the age of 19, Reed joined the British Army during World War I. Between 1914 and 1918, he served with the Royal Field Artillery and later with the Royal Flying Corps as a telephonist and also cordless driver. Thought about an exceptional soldier, Reed was discussed in dispatches as well as obtained a Certificate of Gallantry from the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief.
Journalism Career
After the battle, Reed embarked on an occupation in journalism. In the early 1920s, he signed up with the British paper, the Daily Express, as a continental correspondent. For the following 20 years, Reed was posted in various nations, including France, Germany, Czechoslovakia, and also Austria. His coverage of significant political occasions and his interviews with European leaders, such as
Adolf Hitler and also
Benito Mussolini, gained him a credibility for terse coverage and analysis.
In 1938, Reed was designated the Central European Correspondent for the Times of London. Nevertheless, his progressively important sights of British diplomacy and also the spread of totalitarianism resulted in his resignation from the paper in 1939. He proceeded his career as a freelance writer and also lecturer, covering the events of World War II as well as their after-effects.
Writer and Political Activist
During the 1940s and also 1950s, Reed authored several books on politics, background, and world events, including "Insanity Fair" (1938), "Disgrace Abounding" (1939), "All Our Tomorrows" (1942), "The Controversy of Zion" (1956), and also "The Grasshoppers" (1957).
Reed's work was defined by his outspoken objection of worldwide power structures and also his advocacy for national sovereignty. He was specifically worried about the influence of secret globalist organizations, such as the Council on Foreign Relations and the Bilderberg Group. He additionally wrote extensively about the role of Zionism in global national politics, a subject that stimulated substantial conflict.
Reed's controversial sights as well as unapologetic objection of effective political teams caused his marginalization in the mainstream British media throughout the 1950s and also 1960s. He continued to write and also publish independently, with his works dispersed via choice channels and networks.
Personal Life as well as Later Years
Douglas Reed wed his initial partner, Esther Louise Everts, in 1922, with whom he had two children, Arthur Godolphin and also Anthony Christopher. The couple divorced in 1940, and Reed remarried to Katalin Csíky in 1941, as well as they had two little girls, Willa Victrix and Lucinda.
Reed also had a solid passion in songs and also, before World War II, he was an achieved pianist. In the 1930s, he had composed a number of chamber songs pieces as well as sonatas.
Throughout the 1960s as well as very early 1970s, Reed continued to create, concentrating on political evaluation, background, and also social issues. He lived his later years in South Africa, where he passed away on August 26, 1976.
Although Reed's work has been mostly covered by mainstream historiography, his works have actually discovered a receptive audience among conspiracy philosophers as well as different political thinkers. Attributed with a very early warning of the risks of totalitarianism as well as globalism, his work continues to be a provocative and significant payment to the understanding of 20th-century history and also politics.
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