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Will Atkins spent two decades in the U.S. Air Force as a navigator, Weapons School instructor (the Air Force version of Top Gun), and political advisor before trading a flight suit for a classroom, and eventually a keyboard. He co-edited American Defense Policy, the widely used graduate text on U.S. defense strategy, contributed a chapter to Culture Shock: Leadership Lessons from the U.S. Military's Diplomatic Corps, and has since turned his attention to more everyday challenges, writing accessible guides on business planning and emerging technology like Writing Your Business Plan and Basics of ChatGPT. He now has a forthcoming work with Johns Hopkins University Press about the Oath of Service.

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The War for Middle-earth: J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis Confront the Gathering Storm, 1933–1945

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A More Perfect Constitution: Why the Constitution Must Be Revised: Ideas to Inspire a New Generation

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