Max G. Manwaring is a research professor of military strategy at the Strategic Studies Institute (SSI) of the U.S. Army War College (USAWC). He is a retired U.S. Army colonel and he held the General Douglas MacArthur Chair of Research at the USAWC. He served in the U.S. Southern Command and the Defense Intelligence Agency. He also held positions at Dickinson College and Memphis University. Dr. Manwaring has authored and coauthored several books and articles on Latin American security issues, political-military affairs, and insurgency. His most recent book is Insurgency, Terrorism, and Crime: Shadows from the Past and Portents for the Future. Dr. Manwaring holds a PhD in political science from University of Illinois and is a graduate of the U.S. Army War College.