ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY

Biography

John W. Jandora is the supervisory threat analyst at U.S. Army Special Operations Command, where he has served for more than 16 years. He retired as a colonel from the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve with active service in the Vietnam and Gulf Wars. He holds a PhD from the University of Chicago, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, and has six years; resident experience in the Middle East. Dr. Jandora is currently an adjunct professor of international relations at Webster University. He is the author of two books—The March From Medina: A Revisionist Study of the Arab Conquests (Kingston Press, 1990) and Militarism in Arab Society: An Historiographical and Bibliographical Sourcebook (Greenwood Press, 1997)—and numerous scholarly articles on warfare and Middle Eastern history.