Dr. David Foy received his Ph.D. in Modern European History from the University of Arkansas, where he also was selected for Phi Beta Kappa. He has more than three decades’ experience as a professional historian and intelligence officer, having worked as a college faculty member, an active-duty and civilian member of the US Army, a defence contractor, and an intelligence officer for several agencies within the US Intelligence Community. He is also the author of For You the War is Over: American POWs in Nazi Germany During World War II, a history of the tenure of a Director of National Intelligence, and numerous book reviews. He lives in the greater Raleigh, North Carolina area.
"""Foy brings to readers a great deal of information on Willoughby as an intelligence officer.""-- ""Studies in Intelligence"" ""Enjoyed it.""-- ""Historical Miniatures Gaming Society"" ""...the first-ever biography of General Willoughby's creative legacy of loyalty to his superiors, questioning how far that loyalty should have extended, while examining how Willoughby walked the tightrope involving telling truth to power.""-- ""ARGunners.com"" ""Although a fascinating biography in its own right [this book] seems particularly timely and relevant given the new revelations about how the current command structure of the U.S. Military was able (and had to) to resist the unlawful and deadly dangerous attempts of Donald Trump to unconstitutionally use the military as his own personal instrument for insuring the continuation of his power and authority as a President and Commander-in-Chief before and after an insurrection.""-- ""Midwest Book Review"""