Arquilla, John

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ARQUILLA, John

PERSONAL: Born in Oak Park, IL. Education: Rosary College, B.A., 1975; Stanford University, M.A., 1989, Ph.D., 1991. Politics: "Progressive." Hobbies and other interests: Chess.

ADDRESSES: Office—U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA 93943.

CAREER: RAND Corp., Santa Monica, CA, consulting analyst, 1990—. U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, professor of defense analysis, 1993—. Military service: U.S. Coast Guard Reserve, 1981-87.

WRITINGS:

Dubious Battles, Crane Russak, 1992.

From Troy to Entebbe, University Press of America (Lanham, MD), 1996.

(Editor, with David Ronfeldt) In Athena's Camp: Preparing for Conflict in the Information Age, RAND Corp. (Santa Monica, CA), 1997.

Networks and Netwars: The Future of Terror, Crime, and Militancy, RAND Corp. (Santa Monica, CA), 2001.

Contributor to periodicals, including Christian Science Monitor and San Francisco Chronicle.

WORK IN PROGRESS: Ronald Reagan and the Making of the Twenty-First Century World.

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

PERIODICALS

Choice, May, 2002, E. Lewis, review of Networks and Netwars: The Future of Terror, Crime, and Militancy, p. 1661.

International Affairs, July, 1998, Andrew Rathmell, review of In Athena's Camp: Preparing for Conflict in the Information Age, p. 39.

Library Quarterly, January, 2000, Howard Besser, review of In Athena's Camp, p. 133.

Perspectives on Political Science, winter, 1999, Dennis Pirages, review of In Athena's Camp, p. 44.

SAIS Review, summer-fall, 1998, Belkis Leong-Hong, review of In Athena's Camp, p. 232.

Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, July-September, 1999, Philip L. Ritcheson, review of In Athena's Camp, p. 273.