Norman Friedman is a defense analyst and historian specializing in the intersection between policy, strategy, and technology. He has published more than forty books, including an award-winning history of the Cold War, The Fifty-Year War, a history of the impact of war-gaming at the Naval War College on the successful U.S. Navy strategy against Japan in World War II; a history of naval fighter aircraft; and design histories of many U.S. and British warships.