Author: Larry E. Cable
Born: 1942
Bio: <b>Larry Cable</b> (b. 1942) was an American military historian specializing in the Vietnam War and counterinsurgency.  He received his undergraduate education at <a href="http://shimer.edu">Shimer College</a>, a small and radical Great Books college, later obtaining an MA from Western Michigan University in 1981, and a Ph.D. from the University of Houston in 1984.  From 1987 to 1998, he taught at the University of North Carolina-Wilmington.  His books include <i>Conflict of Myths</i> (1986) and <i>Unholy Grail</i> (1991). (from <a href="http://shimercollege.wikia.com/Larry_Cable">Shimer College Wiki</a>)