John William Davis is a graduate of Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, his hometown. He is a retired Army officer and federal civil servant whose life's travels brought him into contact with a host of different people in the most unlikely of circumstances. A linguist, former combat arms and counterintelligence officer, he is an observer of the world, the better to try to understand. He lives with his wife Jane in Athens, Alabama, near his three grown sons.
John Davis ..., now retired after 40 years of service to our
country, has just completed a book of poetry, essays and
remembrances that give us, the readers, a glimpse of the secret
world of espionage war...--D. Clark MacPherson, SoHo Journal.
Poet and counterspy John W. Davis has written a cache of messages
about deceit and loyalty, evil and good, danger and safety in his
new "Rainy Street Stories." His collection strings essays and
incidents with poetic impressions interspersed like clues leading
down the narrow alley that skirts the border of promise and
betrayal, protection and sabotage. This unusual memoir reveals
nothing and still tells everything about Davis' real-life career in
Cold War espionage...-- Kay Campbell, Huntsville Times award
winning journalist.
A wonderful testimony to the crucial importance of truth, goodness
and, yes, Grace, in keeping our all too human character from going
badly, sometimes horrifically astray. ... an unwavering affirmation
of the enduring power of virtuous principles in this often cruel
and cynical world. .--Gray Sutherland, author, poet and
translator.
Rainy Street Stories is a remarkable collection ... that like
gaslights in the fog help us glimpse the spectral outlines of a
shattered world. That shattered world is our world, or the world we
once believed we lived in, a world of goodness and moral coherence,
but which has been turned by our own greed and violence into a
killing field. But ... the broken pieces are not scattered beyond
recovery, but are waiting for our commitment to reintegrate them
....--Rev. Mr. George Dardess, PhD., former professor of English,
Tufts University and author of Meeting Islam, A Guide for
Christians.
A riveting book that reflects not only how the intelligence
community operates but also defines Mr. John Davis' character. Mr.
Davis offers important insights into the historical as well as
current challenges the Intelligence Community faces. The factual
accounts cited in his book are a must read for all operational and
analytical professionals serving in the intelligence
community.--Louis J. Kubik, US Marine Corps Reserve, retired,
Department of Defense Civilian Counterintelligence Officer with two
separate tours with the CIA.
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