NEIL M. HEYMAN is Professor of History at San Diego State University and Adjunct Professor of Strategy and Policy, United States Naval War College. He is a specialist in modern European history and military affairs. He has written two earlier books on World War I, Biographical Dictionary of World War I (co-author with Holger H. Herwig; Greenwood, 1982), and World War I (Greenwood, 1997). Professor Heyman is also the author of Russian History (1993) and Western Civilization: A Critical Guide to Documentary Film (Greenwood, 1996).