James R. Holbrook
Author of Potsdam Mission & Moscow Memoir
Potsdam Mission: Memoir of a U.S. Army Intelligence Officer in Communist East Germany
The end of the Cold War led to the declassification of unit histories of a unique U.S. military unit attached to the Headquarters of the Soviet Army in East Germany. Holbrook relates his service with this unit, 1976-1977.
Moscow Memoir: An American Military Attaché in the USSR 1979-1981
Holbrook writes of his service as a military attaché at the American Embassy in Moscow at the height of the Cold War, 1979-1981. He covers both his professional duties and his family life. His tour ended with a fateful encounter with the KGB.
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Outline of Colloquial/Conversational Russian (Linguistic Overview of the System)
The primary purposes of this book are to highlight the importance of Colloquial Russian in the classroom and to identify the differences between standard textbook presentations and the actual conversational Russian of educated native speakers. This is the first book in EnglishtopresentColloquial Russian as a coherent linguistic system.
About James R. Holbrook
James Holbrook began his U.S. Army career as a private and retired as a lieutenant colonel. He served with the U.S. Military Liaison Mission in Potsdam, East Germany/West Berlin in 1976-1977 and as a military attaché in Moscow, USSR in 1979-1981.
Before these assignments, Holbrook worked in a wide variety of Army intelligence positions—as an enlisted Russian linguist in West Berlin, commander of an intelligence detachment in South Vietnam, and as an operational and strategic analyst in the Pentagon and Headquarters, U.S. Army, Europe.
The author holds Bachelor's and Master's degrees from The American University and a Doctorate from Georgetown University. He taught Russian at the National Security Agency, The American University and the U.S. Military Academy, West Point.
Holbrook's military decorations include the Legion of Merit, two Bronze Stars, the Meritorious Service Medal, the Army Commendation Medal and several service and campaign ribbons.
He retired from the Army in 1989 and now lives in Pueblo, Colorado.
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