Born From War: A Soldierâ s Quest to Understand Vietnam, Iraq, and the Generational Impact of Conflict

Patrick Naughton is a Lieutenant Colonel in the US Army and a military historian. Currently, he is an instructor at the US Army’s Command and General Staff College (CGSC) at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Patrick is also currently serving as a Fellow with the Simons Center for Ethical Leadership and InterAgency Cooperation, a program of the CGSC Foundation. In addition to various tactical, operational, and strategic assignments held over 28 years in the Army, Patrick has also served as a legislative liaison to the US Senate, an interagency fellow with the Department of Labor, and a Congressional partnership program fellow with the Partnership for a Secure America. He has also served as a senior fellow with West Point’s Center for Junior Officers. Patrick is also a recipient of the General Douglas MacArthur Leadership Award. He holds a master’s degree in history from CGSC, where he was an Art of War Scholar, and a bachelor’s degree in history from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Patrick has published with over a dozen peer-reviewed history and national security journals. His work can be found at www.patnaughton.com. Patrick lives in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas with his wife Sheila and three-year-old son Thomas. The views expressed therein are those of the author and not of the Department of the Army, the Department of Defense, or any agency of the US Government.