John Prados


John Prados is a well-known and prolific author, historian, security analyst, and game designer. He specializes in history of World War II, history of the Vietnam War, and current international relations.

Education

Prados received a Ph.D. from Columbia University in Political Science with an emphasis on International Relations.

Career

Prados is a Senior fellow with the National Security Archive, where he leads its Intelligence Documentation Project and its Vietnam Project.
Prados has written over 20 books. He has also written articles and book reviews for Vanity Fair, Scientific American, Naval History, the Journal of American History, Diplomatic History, Intelligence and National Security, Naval Institute Proceedings, The Journal of National Security Law & Policy, The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, the Journal of East-West Studies, Survival, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, and The Boston Globe.
Prados has designed dozens of strategy games, including Avalanche's Third Reich. His game Khe Sahn, 1968 received the Charles S. Roberts award for "Best Modern Wargame" in 2002. Some of the other games he designed include The Seeds of Disaster, Set Europe Ablaze, and The Victory of Arminius: Teutoburg Forest, IX AD.

Awards

Combined Fleet Decoded was named by New York Military Affairs Symposium as the recipient of The Arthur Goodzeit Book Award in 1995. Combined Fleet Decoded was also named a Notable Naval Book of the Year by the United States Naval Institute.
Valley of Decision: The Siege of Khe Sanh written with Ray W. Stubbe was named Notable Naval Book of the Year by the United States Naval Institute in 1991.

Selected works