The following are the 'idiot's who authored/edited/published this 'shyt' :
Jim Dunnigan is an author (over 20 books), wargame designer (over 100 designed and publisher of over 500), defense advisor (since the 1970s), pundit (since the 1970s) and general troublemaker. Served in the US Army artillery (1961-64) as a Spec/4.
Stephen V Cole is a registered engineer and a company commander in the Texas Guard. He edited and published FYEO for 17 years after saving it from the hostile takeover of the previous publisher, then sold it back to its creator, Jim Dunnigan. During that tenure, he published thousands of articles on military affairs and made FYEO the sole publication providing a daily list of all military events, order of battle changes, and new weapon specifications (a tradition continued by Strategy Page). Stephen V Cole studied military affairs as a teenager under his father, a colonel-professor at Command & General Staff College, and graduated from ROTC in 1975.
Austin Bay is a syndicated columnist (Creators Syndicate) and author (four non-fiction books, three novels). His commentaries appear on National Public Radio's Morning Edition program. He has worked as a special consultant in the Office of the Secretary of Defense. Bay retired as a colonel (Armor) from the US Army Reserve in 2003. He was recalled to active duty in 2004 and served in Iraq with US Army III Corps (Multi-National Corps--Iraq). He is an Army War College grad and has a PhD from Columbia University.
Al Nofi was a teacher and administrator in experimental programs in the New York City public school system, until he retired in 1995, to continue his long-term avocation, as an independent scholar and game designer. The author or editor of over 30 volumes in military history, plus scores of articles, and over a dozen wargames. A former assistant editor of Strategy & Tactics magazine, he was also an associate editor of the 40-volume series War and Society in East Central Europe, 1740-1920, from Atlantic Research/Columbia University Press, and is currently an editor of the series Great Campaigns of Military History. He contributes regular columns in military history to North & South and StrategyPage, and is an Associate Fellow of the U.S. Civil War Center, at Louisiana State University, a Director of the New York Military Affairs Symposium, an occasional contributor to the History Channel, and a former sea cook. Al holds a B.A. (1965) and M.A. (1967) in history from Fordham University, and an M. Phil (1985) and Ph.D. (1991) in military history from the City University of New York. He has a website under construction at
www.nofi.nu.