Dr. Stephen Knott recently retired as a Professor of National Security Affairs at the United States Naval War College in Newport, RI. Prior to accepting his position at the Naval War College, Knott was Co-Chair of the Presidential Oral History Program at the Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia. He is the author or co-author of eleven books dealing with the American presidency, the early republic, and American foreign policy. His forthcoming book, Conspirator in Chief: The Long Tradition of Conspiracy Theories in the American Presidency, will be published this May.