Col. W. Patrick Lang spent 26 years in the infantry, Special Forces, and the Defense Intelligence Agency. He served in Vietnam, as Military Attache in Yemen and Saudi Arabia, and i...view moreCol. W. Patrick Lang spent 26 years in the infantry, Special Forces, and the Defense Intelligence Agency. He served in Vietnam, as Military Attache in Yemen and Saudi Arabia, and in special assignments in the Middle East. Lang was Defense Intelligence Officer for the Middle East, ran DIA Global Humint, and was the first Professor of Arab Language at West Point. He graduated from Virginia Military Institute (VMI). He is the author of six books, including an historical fiction trilogy on US Civil War espionage, a memoir, a primer on human intelligence, and this anthology of essays and short fiction.view less