High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Robert F. Dorr (born September 11, 1939) is an author and retired American diplomat who has authored 70 books and numerous articles on international affairs, military issues and the Vietnam War. He writes the weekly "Back Talk" opinion column for the Air Force Times newspaper and the monthly "Washington Watch" feature of Aerospace America. He is also the technical editor of Air Power History and was Washington correspondent for the discontinued World Air Power Journal.