Author, journalist, nationally-acclaimed military analyst W. Thomas Smith, Jr. specializes in counterterrorism and international defense issues: His work appearing in The New York Post, USA Today, U.S. News & World Report, BusinessWeek, Human Events, many others.
A former U.S. Marine rifle-squad leader and parachutist, Smith is a technical consultant for military tech films airing on The Military Channel. He directs the Counterterrorism Research Center of the Family Security Foundation, and he is a contract technical editor for two major book publishing houses.
Smith — a columnist and veteran war correspondent — has covered conflict in Iraq, Lebanon, the Balkans, and on the West Bank.