The Cadet - Paperback

by Doug Beason (Author)

The Cadet, Book 1 of the Wild Blue U saga, chronicles the founding years of arduous training of America's future leaders as they prepare to serve in such places from the jungles of Vietnam to the deserts of the Middle East. The Cadet is an accurate, historical saga of the Academy based on factual events - but populated with empathetic, larger-than-life characters that will appeal to prospective candidates, military members, and the reading public alike.

Author Biography

Dr. Doug Beason is the author of twelve novels as well as two non-fiction books. A Nebula Award finalist, Doug has published over 100 short stories and other work in publications as diverse as The Wall Street Journal, Analog, Amazing Stories, Physics of Fluids, and Physical Review Letters. A Fellow of the American Physical Society and Ph.D. physicist, Doug retired as the Associate Laboratory Director at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, where he was responsible for the people and programs that reduce the global threat of weapons of mass destruction. A retired USAF Colonel, Doug's last active duty assignment was the Commander of the Phillips Research Site and Deputy Director for Directed Energy at the Air Force Research Laboratory. He has worked on the White House staff for the President's Science Advisor, and was recently the Chief Scientist of Air Force Space Command. A 1977 graduate of the USAF Academy, he served on the USAFA faculty as an Associate Professor of Physics and Director of Faculty Research.