Donald M. Snow is Professor Emeritus in Political Science at The University of Alabama, where he served on the faculty for 37 years. During that period, he was also Director of International Studies within the College of Arts and Sciences, Director of Faculty Development and Services within the Office of Academic Affairs, and Chair of the Tenure and Promotions Committee within the Political Science Department. He also served as Visiting Professor at the United States Air, Army, and Naval War Colleges and the Air Command and Staff College. Within the discipline, he served as national Chair of the International Security Studies Section of the International Studies Association and of the Arms Control and International Studies Section of the American Political Science Association. He was a frequent lecturer as professional military education schools and conferences sponsored by organizations such as the Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge. Snow has published over 60 academic books and monographs on international relations, foreign and national security topics for a variety of publishers. His most recent books include National Security, seventh edition (Routledge, 2020), The Middle East and American National Security (Rowman and Littlefield, 2021), and Cases in International Relations (ninth edition, Rowman and Littlefield, 2022 forthcoming). He resides with his wife of 52 years, Donna, on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, and has a son and three grandchildren who live nearby.
Don Snow has done it again. He has repeated his habit of writing a book that is as interesting and compelling to me as it will be to my students. He has also once again brought to the fore the urgent question of when should America use force, where, and how. By focusing on American Interests and the Feasibility of the mission, Snow focuses our attention on key questions policy makers and citizens must ask going forward. This engaging book is easy to read yet presents material that is hard to confront--but material we must confront if we are to be secure in coming years and decades.--Patrick J. Haney, Miami University of Ohio In When Should America Fight?, Donald Snow answers perhaps the most important--and vexing--question facing U.S. citizens and its government today. To answer this question, Snow explains and utilizes lessons from major American wars, technological development (especially nuclear weapons), and the domestic political and policy shifts Americans have experienced, especially since the end of World War II. The 'IF factor' as described in this excellent book is both simple and convincing. No doubt, Gen. Colin Powell would be proud.--Tobias T. Gibson, Dr. John Langton Professor of Legal Studies and Political Science, Westminster College (MO); Missouri State University Defense and Strategic Studies Graduate Research Faculty