About the Author
  
  
Born in 1944, Richard Thomas received his BA in East Asian
Studies from Princeton University and did graduate field work with the Siam Society and Thammasat University in Thailand.  An avid scholar of American military history, Thomas has been a corporate executive and leadership consultant, and has presented programs and led hundreds of executive groups at dozens of locations in the U.S. and Europe.  Mr. Thomas lives with his wife in Hilton Head Island, SC.