Military analyst W. Thomas Smith, Jr. specializes in issues of global terrorism and national defense: His work appearing in The New York Post, U.S. News & World Report, Human Events, BusinessWeek, many others.  

A former U.S. Marine infantry leader and counterterrorism instructor; Smith is a consultant — films on The Military Channel — an author; New York Times bestselling editor; columnist; founding partner of NATIONAL DEFENSE CONSULTANTS, LLC; director of the U.S. Counterterrorism Advisory Team; and a senior commissioned officer in the S.C. Military Dept.  A veteran war correspondent, Smith has covered conflict in  the Balkans and the Middle East.

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