He is coeditor of Executive Power in Theory and Practice. John Griswold is a strategic planner in the U.S. European Command. Isaiah Wilson III is a professor of political science at the United States Military Academy. He is the founding director of the West Point Grand Strategy Program and currently serves as a staff officer in the U.S. Central Command. He is the author of Thinking beyond War: Civil-Military Relations and Why America Fails to Win the Peace.