The Officer - Paperback

by Doug Beason (Author)

Wild Blue U: Foundation of Honor - The Officer continues the historical saga chronicling the United States Air Force Academy. The Officer unveils the arduous training of America's leaders, showcasing empathetic, larger-than-life characters set against a fascinating tapestry of historical fact-set against vivid, history-changing events that affect the course of the nation, ranging from cheating scandals at the USAF Academy to the Cuban missile crisis to the jungles of Vietnam.

Author Biography

Dr. Doug Beason is the author of thirteen novels as well as two non-fiction books. A Nebula Award finalist, Doug has published over 100 short stories and other work in publications as diverse as The Wall Street Journal, Analog, Amazing Stories, Physics of Fluids, and Physical Review Letters. A Fellow of the American Physical Society and Ph.D. physicist, Doug retired as the Associate Laboratory Director at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, where he was responsible for the people and programs that reduce the global threat of weapons of mass destruction. A retired USAF Colonel, Doug's last active duty assignment was the Commander of the Phillips Research Site and Deputy Director for Directed Energy at the Air Force Research Laboratory. He has worked on the White House staff for the President's Science Advisor, and was recently the Chief Scientist of US Air Force Space Command. A 1977 graduate of the USAF Academy, he served on the USAF Academy faculty as an Associate Professor of Physics and Director of Faculty Research.