Brad Taylor
Brad Taylor, Lieutenant Colonel (Ret.), is a twenty-one-year veteran of the U.S. Army Infantry and Special Forces, including eight years with 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment—Delta, popularly known as Delta Force. Taylor retired in 2010 after serving more than two decades and participating in Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom. His final military post was as assistant professor of military science at The Citadel. Brad is the New York Times bestselling author of 18 thrillers and is a security consultant on asymmetric threats. He lives in Charleston, South Carolina, with his wife and two daughters.
FEATURED BLOG POSTS
March 2025
A Simple Primer on Classification
The shockwaves from the Signal chat discussions about attacks in Yemen have ping-ponged back and forth, with one side declaring “It’s the end of the security of the United States and we’re all doomed”, and the other saying, “This is [...]
January 2025
Character and moral judgement matter. The SECDEF should personify that.
The Pentagon from above in Washington, DC Most of the conversation about Pete Hegseth’s nomination for secretary of defense has focused on issues of his perceived lack of leadership experience running a mammoth organization like the DoD, or [...]
May 2024
Terrorism Works
I wrote a primer on terrorism a few years ago, which discussed why a rational person could be seduced into acting as a terrorist, and we’re seeing that in real time as protests rock college campuses all across the country. [...]
March 2022
Ukraine’s No-Fly Zone isn’t as Simple as it Sounds
Discussion continues about a no-fly zone in Ukraine. The discussion of a no fly zone has been debated for weeks, and I’ve answered many questions from neighbors, friends, readers at book events and folks on social media, [...]
A Simple Primer on Counter-Leadership Targeting
Amar Mehta, 2022 Lindsey Graham & Vladimir Putin, [https://news.sky.com/story/ukraine-invasion-us-republican-senator-lindsey-graham-calls-on-russians-to-assassinate-vladimir-putin-12557148], Sky News. The world is a-twitter (pun intended) after Senator Lindsey Graham’s tweet stating that the only way to end the conflict in Ukraine is by removing Putin – in effect, [...]
August 2021
This is a NEO. It’s Time to Execute it.
The rapid fall of Kabul tore a hole in my heart. It’s taken me days to get my mind around what we’re witnessing and garner some focus to write this. First and foremost, I’m not surprised at the speed with [...]
