The author is a native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and a U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer (CW2) Retired. He traveled extensively throughout the U.S. Europe and Asia, and attended five universities during off duty hours State side and during overseas assignments. The effort earned in excess of 100 credit hours resulting in the award of an AA degree from the "University of Maryland" European Division. After retiring from the US Army, his initial civilian employment was as a logistical supervisor with "Bendix Field Engineering" outside of Baltimore Md. Then he held a Government position, Property Administrator with the Defense Logistics Agency's Contract Management Command, Silver Springs, Md. Next assignment was with the US Navy's Naval Air Systems Command, VA, where he served as the senior Property Manager. Then he returned to the Defense Logistics Agency's Contract Management Command employed in the "Special contract [Black Box] office, retiring from Government employment in 1997. He continued his writing education through completion of courses offered by the "Institute of Children's Literature" and a Free Lance Writing Course offered by "Hardcourt Learning Direct" before publishing his first book "Phil Duse Versus the Tyranny of DOD/DOJ and its Intelligence and Investigative Agencies". He has written or contributed to authorship of several logistics related manuals, published by the Department of Defense. He is also the author of "EEOC: The Real Deal" (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission) and "New Short Stories and Three Hand Pinochle" before authoring this book "False Color of Authority" all published by Xlibris. Phillip Duse is the author of "EEOC: The Real Deal - Do They Really Support Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act?, "False Color of Authority - Government Hit Men" and "US Government Quacks and Dolts - Engaging in Defamation/Entrapment Strategies to Get Phil Duse."
