Diana West

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Diana West
Born	November 8, 1961 Hollywood, California, U.S.
Education	Yale B.A. English
Occupation	Author and columnist
Website	http://dianawest.net

Diana West (born November 8, 1961, Hollywood, California) is a nationally syndicated conservative American columnist and author. Her weekly column, which frequently tackles controversial subjects such as the impact of Islam and the failures of counterinsurgency strategy (COIN), is syndicated by Universal U-Click and appears in about 120 newspapers and news sites. She is the author of the books The Death of the Grown Up: How America's Arrested Development Is Bringing Down Western Civilization (St. Martin's Press, 2007) and American Betrayal: The Secret Assault on Our Nation's Character (St. Martin's Press, 2013).

West has contributed essays and features to The Wall Street Journal, The Weekly Standard, The Washington Post, The New Criterion, The Public Interest, and The Women's Quarterly. She has also been a columnist for The Washington Times, Scripps Howard News Service and United Media. As a former CNN contributor, West frequently appeared on CNN's Lou Dobbs show.

Bibliography

• The Death of the Grownup: How America's Arrested Development Is Bringing Down Western Civilization / Diana West (St. Martin's Griffin, 2007) ISBN 0-312-34048-6
• American Betrayal: The Secret Assault on Our Nation's Character / Diana West (St. Martin's Press, 2013) ISBN 978-0-312-63078-2
• The Rebuttal: Defending 'American Betrayal' from the Book-Burners /Diana West (Bravura Books, 2013) ISBN 978-1-4928-8453-8

External links

• Personal website
• Feature Bank Diana West Profile
• Biography and links to syndicated columns at Townhall.com
• Front Page Magazine interview with Diana West
• Appearances on C-SPAN
  • C-SPAN Q&A interview with West, January 22, 2012