ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Eugene G. Windchy left the U.S. Information Agency’s Office of Policy to investigate the origin of the Vietnam War and wrote the book Tonkin Gulf. He next wrote New Republic’s analysis of the Pentagon Papers. Since then, he has written articles for the Washington Post, Nation, Washington Times, U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings, and other periodicals. A widower, Windchy resides in Centreville, Virginia.