Philip J. Tarnoff

Philip Tarnoff received an electrical engineering degree from Carnegie Mellon University and a master’s degree from New York University. He is a leading expert on the operation of America’s transportation system. As he has watched our government pour vast sums of money into defense, while the country’s infrastructure crumbles, it has become increasingly clear that the U.S. is following the path of the Roman civilization, which invested in military superiority at a level that dwarfed expenditures on the country’s other critical needs.

The acclaimed author of "The Road Ahead", which discusses potential improvements in transportation operations, has followed up this work of nonfiction with the novel, "In the Footsteps of Rome", which exposes the impact of a lopsided focus on defense at the expense of a robust domestic society. It is a book that spins a believable fictional tale that demonstrates the US vulnerability to foreign powers through attacks on its infrastructure.