Blowtorch Bob Komer

Very few people know the name Robert Komer, but he played a key role in shaping America’s national security policy during the Kennedy and Johnson administrations.

In this episode Coming in From the Cold, Dr. Frank Jones author of the book Blowtorch: Robert Komer, Vietnam, and American Cold War Strategy. Join Bill and friend of the show Steve Wills to tell the story of Robert Komer.

Frank Leith Jones is a professor of security studies in the Department of National Security and Strategy at the US Army War College, Carlisle, PA. He is the author of Blowtorch: Robert Komer, Vietnam, and American Cold War Strategy. His latest book is Sam Nunn: Statesman of the Nuclear Age.

Lt. Cdr. Steven Wills: In 20 years as an active-duty U.S. Navy officer, Wills served on a variety of small and medium surface combatants, including an assignment as the executive officer of a mine countermeasures ship.