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Frederic William Wile
1873–1941
A seasoned American journalist and foreign correspondent, he reported from Berlin before World War I and later became a familiar Washington political columnist and radio commentator. His books and dispatches tried to explain Europe’s power struggles to English-speaking readers in clear, timely prose.
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The Assault: Germany Before the Outbreak and England in War-Time
by Frederic William Wile
About the author
Born in La Porte, Indiana, on November 30, 1873, Frederic William Wile built a career as a journalist, author, and commentator whose work connected American readers with fast-changing events overseas. Before the First World War, he served as a Berlin correspondent for several newspapers, and his long years in Germany shaped much of his reporting and later writing.
Wile wrote books including The German-American Plot and Explaining the Britishers, bringing an on-the-ground reporter’s eye to wartime politics, public opinion, and international affairs. During and after the war, he continued to write on German and European matters, and his expertise also led to service connected with American wartime intelligence work on German affairs.
Later in life, he became well known in Washington journalism as a political columnist and radio commentator. He died in Washington, D.C., on April 7, 1941, leaving behind a substantial record of articles, broadcasts, and books that reflect how Americans understood Europe and world politics in the early twentieth century.