of Boston and a consultant to South Korea’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. His
works includeFacing West: Americans and the Opening of the Pacific(Westport,
CT: Praeger, 1994) andFlight of the Romanovs: A Family Saga(New York:
Basic Books, 1999). He holds a BA and MA from Yale University and a Ph.D. in
History from Harvard University.
Nicholas Evan Sarantakesis an associate professor of Joint and International
Operations at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College. He has a
Ph.D. in history from the University of Southern California. He also holds the
MA degree in history from the University of Kentucky. He did his undergraduate
work at the University of Texas. He is the author ofKeystone: The American Occu-
pation of Okinawa and U.S.–Japanese Relations(2000) andSeven Stars: The Oki-
nawa Battle Diaries of Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr. and Joseph Stilwell(2004). He is
currently finishing a book that examines allied strategy and joint international
operations at the end of World War II tentatively titledAllies to the Very End:
The United States, the British Nations, and the Defeat of Imperial Japan.He has
published a number of articles that have been appeared in outlets likeThe Journal
of Military HistoryandJoint Forces Quarterly.He is a Fellow of the Royal Histori-
cal Society and has previously taught at Texas A&M University—Commerce, the
Air War College, and the University of Southern Mississippi.
Andrew C. Winneris an associate professor in the Strategic Research Department
at the U.S. Naval War College. His areas of focus are, South Asia, the Middle East,
nonproliferation, maritime strategy, and U.S. national security issues. Prior to his
current appointment, he was a senior staff member at the Institute for Foreign
Policy Analysis, Cambridge, MA, where he conducted research and analysis on
South Asia, the Middle East, nonproliferation, the use of force, and coalition
politics. Prior to joining the Institute, he was executive assistant to the Assistant
Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs and special assistant to the Under
Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs where he
worked on nonproliferation, security in the Persian Gulf, arms transfer policy,
bilateral security dialogues, NATO enlargement, and security assistance. He holds
a Ph.D. from the University of Maryland, College Park, an MA from the Johns
Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), and an
AB from Hamilton College.
Toshi Yoshiharais an associate professor in the Strategy and Policy Department
at the U.S. Naval War College. Previously, he served as a visiting professor in
the Strategy Department at the U.S. Air War College, Montgomery, AL.
Dr. Yoshihara was also a senior research fellow at the Institute for Foreign Policy
Analysis, Cambridge, MA. His current research focuses on the influence of
geopolitics in Asia, China’s naval strategy, and Japan’s maritime strategy. He has
co-authored journal articles on Chinese maritime strategy that appeared in
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