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James W. Douglass
American activist, writer and theologian
For the Canadian politician, see James W. Douglas.
James W. "Jim" Douglass (born 1937) is an American author, activist, Christian theologian, and investigative journalist.[1] He is a graduate of Santa Clara University. He and his wife, Shelley Douglass, founded the Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action in Poulsbo, Washington, and Mary’s House, a Catholic Worker house in Birmingham, Alabama. In 1997 the Douglasses received the Pacem in Terris Award.
Douglass's best-known work is JFK and the Unspeakable: Why He Died and Why It Matters. Published in 2008 by Orbis Books, it was the result of over a decade of research and writing. After receiving favorable publicity on TV, the book briefly reached Amazon.com's Top 100.[2] Douglass's thesis in the book is that the Kennedy assassination was the work of a conspiracy, ordered by unknown parties and carried out by the CIA with help from the Mafia and elements in the FBI, to halt Kennedy's effort to end the Cold War after the Cuban Missile Crisis. Touchstone Books, a former imprint of Simon & Schuster, issued a paperback version in 2010.
Theology of nonviolence
[edit]Douglass has been a frequent author on nonviolence and Catholic theolog
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Douglas James Jardine
British colonial administrator
This article is about the colonial administrator. For the cricketer, see Douglas Jardine.
Sir Douglas James JardineKCMG OBE (13 October 1888 – 11 December 1946) was a British colonial administrator, holding the posts of Governor of North Borneo, Sierra Leone and the Leeward Islands during his career.
Biography
[edit]Douglas was educated at Westminster School and at Trinity College, Cambridge, taking his BA Hons. in Classics in 1919. Immediately after graduating, he joined the colonial service and was posted as assistant secretary to the government of Cyprus from 1910–16.
In 1916, he became Secretary to Administration in British Somaliland, a position he held until 1921. During this posting, he accompanied the British Mission to the Coronation of Empress Zauditu of Abyssinia in 1917 and was awarded the OBE in 1918. In 1920, he was appointed Officer in Charge H.Q. Services, Somaliland Expeditionary Force.
Three years later, he published The Mad Mullah of Somaliland, his book on Diiriye Guure's rebel leader-emir Mohammed Abdullah Hassan, the so-called "Mad Mullah" who led an armed resistance against British, Italian, and Ethiopian forces in Somalia.
In 1921, Douglas became Senior Assistant Secretary, Nig
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