Joseph T. Stanik

Joseph T. Stanik is a retired U.S. Navy officer and veteran teacher of history at both the secondary and collegiate levels. He is the author of “Swift and Effective Retribution:” The U.S. Sixth Fleet and the Confrontation with Qaddafi (1996) and El Dorado Canyon: Reagan’s Undeclared War with Qaddafi (HC 2003, PB 2016). He is the co-author, with Youssef Aboul-Enein, of Middle East 101: A Beginner’s Guide for Deployers, Travelers, and Concerned Citizens (2019). He authored Chapter 21 “Twilight of the Cold War: Contraction, Reform, and Revival” in America, Sea Power, and the World, edited by James C. Bradford (2016). His article “Welcome to El Dorado Canyon” (United States Naval Institute Proceedings, February 1996) was recognized as Best Aviation Article of 1996 by the Association of Naval Aviation. He taught high school social studies in Baltimore City Public Schools for 23 years and is currently teaching the History of the Middle East at Anne Arundel Community College in Arnold, Maryland.