Thomas B. Allen is the author or coauthor of several books on military and intelligence subjects, including Declassified: 50 Top-Secret Documents that Changed History (National Geographic, 2008) and Rickover: Father of the Nuclear Navy (Potomac Books, 2007). His latest book is Tories: Fighting for the King in America’s First Civil War (HarperCollins, 2010). Mr. Allen served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War.