James Rothrock, Lt. Colonel U.S. Air Force (Ret.), served twenty-eight years in the U.S. Air Force, including eleven years abroad with travels in Europe, the Far East, and the Midd...view moreJames Rothrock, Lt. Colonel U.S. Air Force (Ret.), served twenty-eight years in the U.S. Air Force, including eleven years abroad with travels in Europe, the Far East, and the Middle East. He served three years in a NATO command, two years as an advisor to the Hellenic Air Force in Athens, Greece, was a launch control officer of nuclear forces for three years, and he completed a one-year tour in Vietnam at the height of that war. He is a former special investigator for the U.S. government and an adjunct professor of world geography. He is the author of two other books: Live by the Sword and Divided We Fall.view less