David Crist is currently a historian for the federal government. As a colonel in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, he served in the first gulf war and made two tours with elite special operations forces in Afghanistan and Iraq. He lives in Maryland.
Paul D'Amato is the managing editor of the International Socialist Review. His writing has appeared in CounterPunch and Socialist Worker. He is an activist based in Chicago, Illinois, United States
Arna Seal is a consultant in marketing and social research. She received her masters and doctoral degrees in sociology from Tulane University, New Orleans.