Nor­man M. Shul­man has been a psy­chol­o­gist in both the pub­lic and pri­vate sec­tors since 1975. Dr. Shul­man has spe­cial­ized in trau­ma inter­ven­tions and fam­i­ly ther­a­py. His avid inter­est in his­to­ry, par­tic­u­lar­ly Jew­ish mil­i­tary his­to­ry, con­tributed to the devel­op­ment of this book. He main­tains a pri­vate prac­tice in Lub­bock, Texas, where he lives with his wife.