Frank Leith Jones

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Frank Leith Jones Jr. (born 5 September 1951) [1] is an American academic, public servant and military historian. He published his first book in 2013, Blowtorch: Robert Komer, Vietnam, and American Cold War Strategy, a biography of Robert Komer who served as "national security policy and strategy adviser" to three Presidents. In 2020, he published Sam Nunn: Statesman of the Nuclear Age, a study of the impact Senator Nunn had on US national security and policy during the Cold War and its immediate aftermath.

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Early life and education

Frank Leith Jones was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from St. Lawrence University, a Master of Public Administration degree from the University at Albany (SUNY), and a PhD in political science from Griffith University, Queensland, Australia. [2]

Career

Public Service

Jones first joined the United States Army as a commissioned officer during the Vietnam era. In 1979, he switched to public service as a civilian serving as a President Management Intern with the Department of the Army. [3] Subsequently, he held a number of high-ranking positions in the Department of Defense. In 2006, he retired as a career member of the Senior Executive Service. [3]

Academia

After leaving public service, Jones turned to teaching Security Studies as a professor at the U.S Army War College in Carlisle, PA.

Awards

Jones was awarded the "Brigadier General James L. Collins Jr. Book Prize In Military History" for the best book written in English on U.S. military history, 2015 by the U.S. Commission on Military History. [4]

Selected publications

Personal

Jones is the son of Frank Leith Jones Sr. and Marie Clementine Smith. [1]

On 29 January 1977, Jones Jr. married Sharon Marie Peters in Virginia Beach, Virginia. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Marriage Return". Marriages, 1936-2014. No. 77–000973. Richmond, Virginia: Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics.
  2. ↑ Patton, Elena (19 March 2021). "#USAWCBookShelf highlights USAWC authors" (Press release). Public Affairs Office, U.S. Army War College. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  3. 1 2 "Professor Frank L. Jones". army.mil. Archived from the original on 24 February 2013.
  4. ↑ "BLOWTORCH - U.S. Naval Institute". usni.org.
  5. ↑ "A "Hollow Army" Reappraised: President Carter, Defense Budgets, and the Politics of Military Readiness". army.mil. Archived from the original on 16 October 2012.
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