Eric Sterner

Eric Sterner started his career in government and public policy, working on national security and aerospace issues. He held Senior Staff positions for two Congressional Committees and then served in the Department of Defense and NASA. He continued that career as a national security analyst and senior executive in both the non-profit and private sector. He spoke and wrote widely in the academic, trade, and popular press about those issues and contributed occasionally to historical magazines and online publications, such as Naval History, the Journal of the American Revolution, Emerging Civil War, and Emerging Revolutionary War. Now, he primarily writes about history and spends time exploring the past with his family. He has a Bachelor's degree in Soviet Studies from The American University and separate Master's degrees in Security Policy Studies and Political Science from George Washington University.