HARRY R. (Rich) YARGER is the Professor of National Security Policy in the Department of National Security and Strategy at the U.S. Army War College. Currently he teaches courses in Fundamentals of Strategic Thinking, Theory of War and Strategy, National Security Policy and Strategy, and Grand Strategy. His research focuses on national security policy, strategic theory, and the education and development of strategic level leaders. In addition to teaching positions, Dr. Yarger served 5 years as the Chairman of the War College’s Department of Distance Education and is considered one of the Army’s leading experts in on-line education. Dr. Yarger has also taught at the undergraduate level at several local colleges. A retired Army colonel, he isHARRY R. (Rich) YARGER is the Professor of National Security Policy in the Department of National Security and Strategy at the U.S. Army War College. Currently he teaches courses in Fundamentals of Strategic Thinking, Theory of War and Strategy, National Security Policy and Strategy, and Grand Strategy. His research focuses on national security policy, strategic theory, and the education and development of strategic level leaders. In addition to teaching positions, Dr. Yarger served 5 years as the Chairman of the War College’s Department of Distance Education and is considered one of the Army’s leading experts in on-line education. Dr. Yarger has also taught at the undergraduate level at several local colleges. A retired Army colonel, he is a Vietnam veteran and served in both Germany and Korea. Dr. Yarger is a graduate of the Army War College and obtained his doctorate in history from Temple University...more