About the author

John J. Tierney (a.k.a. Jack) was born in Syracuse NY (1940) and received a B.S. from LeMoyne College (History, 1962) and a PhD from the University of Pennsylvania (International Relations, 1969). He has been a faculty member at The Catholic University of America (1966-77), University of Virginia (1981) and The Johns Hopkins University (1977-1979).

He has published scholarly articles in several US journals and has published opinion articles in the Washington Times, Bridge News among others. His published books include The Politics of Peace, (Anti War Protest in US History), Chasing Ghosts (Unconventional Warfare in American History) and Conceived in Liberty (The American Worldview Theory and Practice).

From 1976 to 1981 he was full-time staff in the US House of Representatives, Republican Study Committee, where he organized the bipartisan caucus, Committee for the Common Defense, which included over 30 Members from both political parties. From 1981 to 1993 he served in the US Department of State (Arms Control and Disarmament Agency) where he represented the US in national security at the United Nations (New York), the Conference on Disarmament (Geneva) and other fora in Brussels, Moscow, Vienna and Madrid. He was also an Eisenhower Fellow in Taiwan (1980).

Since 1998 he has been full-time faculty at the Institute of World Politics, Washington DC, where he has been both Faculty Chairman and Dean. He is currently Professor Emeritus.

Tierney lives in Washington D.C. and has three children, Monica, Lauren and John III.