Lt. Col. Douglas A. Pryer has held numerous command and staff positions in the U.S., the U.K., Germany, Kosovo, Iraq and Afghanistan. He currently serves as a planner for the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He has a master’s degree in military history from the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College and is the author of the book The Fight for the High Ground: The U.S. Army and Interrogation During Operation Iraqi Freedom, May 2003–April 2004 as well as numerous essays on the human and moral domains of war.