John A. Bonin is the Professor of Concepts and Doctrine at the U.S. Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania. Previously, he was the Scholar in Residence for the Army Heritage Center Foundation. Prior to his retirement from the Army in June 2002 as a colonel, his assignments included deputy commander of the 194th Armored Brigade at Fort Knox, Kentucky and Director of Army Planning and General George C. Marshall Chair for Military Studies of the U.S. Army War College, where he served for seven years after graduating in 1995. Commissioned in the Infantry from the U.S. Military Academy in 1972, he obtained a Master’s degree in military history from Duke University. He is currently a doctoral candidate in military history at Temple University.