"History plays tricks sometimes." Dwight Eisenhower, Teddy Roosevelt, George Patton, Douglas MacArthur, all household names forever associated with victory on the battlefield. However, during the course of America's existence, history has enshrined an exceptional few military leaders in the public's collective consciousness while sometimes overlo

During 36 years in the military, Tom Phillips led an isolated unit through a terrorist episode, ran a think tank for the Commander-in-Chief Strategic Air Command, served as the Director of the Air Force Personnel Readiness Center during Operation Desert Storm, and led some of the first American troops into Sarajevo. Following his military service, Phillips worked as a university administrator before beginning a full-time writing career. Tom is a graduate of Air Command and Staff College and Air War College.