<b>Col. James McDonough</b>, USA (Ret.), graduated from West Point and served in Vietnam as an infantry platoon leader in the legendary 173d Airborne Brigade. A military theorist who has helped shape the post-Cold War army s thinking, he is also the author of <i>The Defense of Hill 781</i> and <i>The Limits of Glory</i>. Now retired from active duty, McDonough lives with his family in Tallahassee, Florida.