Justin Simundson is an assistant professor of History and the U.S. Air Force Academy. He is the editor of Crooked Bamboo: A Memoir from Inside the Diem Regime by Nguyen Thai, which highlights Mr. Thai's experiences as a high-level South Vietnamese propaganda official and as a personal aide to President Ngo Dinh Diem. Dr. Simundson attended the US Naval Academy for three years and completed his undergraduate work at Augustana University. He earned his MA at the University of South Dakota and PhD in History from Texas Tech University in 2017. His academic work focuses on the politics and propaganda of counterinsurgency in the Vietnam War.