Bernard D. Cole teaches at the National War College in Washington, D.C. He served 30 years in the Navy, commanding the USS Rathburne (FF-1057) and Destroyer Squadron 35. Dr. Cole is the author of The Great Wall at Sea: China’s Navy in the Twenty-First Century, the second edition of which was published by the Naval Institute Press in 2010.
Hill Goodspeed is the historian at the National Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola, Florida. A graduate of Washington and Lee University, where he was a George C. Marshall Undergraduate Scholar, Mr. Goodspeed is the author/editor of five books, including U.S. Naval Aviation (Naval Aviation Museum Foundation), which was named one of the notable naval books of 2001 by the U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings.
Andrew C. A. Jampoler’s fourth book from the Naval Institute Press, Horrible Shipwreck!, relates the true story of the British female-convict transport Amphitrite, wrecked off the French coast in 1833. It will be published in December. Mr. Jampoler meanwhile has started work on a history of the American Protective League, a government-chartered amateur counterespionage and antisabotage organization that sought to promote homeland security during World War I.
Edward J. Marolda, former senior historian of the U.S. Navy, has written or edited 12 books on the modern history of the Navy, including Ready Sea Power: An Illustrated History of the U.S. Seventh Fleet, soon to be published by the Naval History and Heritage Command, and The U.S. Navy in the Korean War (Naval Institute Press, 2007). Currently he is an adjunct professor at Georgetown University, presenting a course on the United States and China during the Cold War.
John Prados is a senior fellow of the National Security Archive and an accomplished historian on naval and military history, intelligence matters, and international affairs. He holds a Ph.D. in political science from Columbia University. His current book is Normandy Crucible: The Decisive Battle that Shaped World War II in Europe (Penguin/Citadel, 2011). Dr. Prados is working on a book that will integrate intelligence into the story of the Solomons campaign.
Paul Stillwell is a longtime oral historian and former editor-in-chief of Naval History. His many books include Trailblazer: The U.S. Navy’s First Black Admiral (Naval Institute Press, 2010); Submarine Stories: Recollections from the Diesel Boats (Naval Institute Press, 2007); and Carrier War: Aviation Art of World War II (Barnes & Noble, 2007).