Colonel Harry G. Summers, Jr., Infantry, a designated Army strategist, holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in military arts and science. An infantry squad leader in the Korean war, he served as a battalion and corps operations officer in the Vietnam war and later as a negotiator with the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese in Saigon and Hanoi. Now on the faculty of the U.S. Army War College, he has served as an instructor of strategy at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff, a member of General Creighton Abram’s strategic assessment group, and, from 1975 to 1979, in the office of the Army Chief of Staff. His articles on strategy have appeared in Army, Military Review, and the Naval Institute Proceedings. Among his decorations and awards are the Combat Infantry Badge for both Korea and Vietnam, the Silver Star, the Legion of Merit, the Bronze Star for valor, and two Purple Hearts for wounds received in action. He is an associate member of the International Institute for Strategic Studies.