The end of the Cold War brought challenges not only for practitioners of
national security policy and strategy but for those involved in the
education and development of future strategic leaders and security
policy practitioners. One of the primary contributors to this book,
Professor James M. Smith of the U.S. Air Force Academy, launched this
project in initial conversations in 1996-97 with Brigadier General
Daniel J. Kaufman of the U.S. Military Academy, Dr. Robert L. Wendzel of
the Air War College, and Colonel Jeffrey D. McCausland of the U.S. Army
War College. All four shared a concern about the future of security
studies generally, but especially about the education and development of
military officers as future strategic leaders.