Andrew C. A. Jampoler

Andrew C. A. Jampoler retired from the US Navy in 1986 after a twenty-four-year career, which included serving as an officer in the Strategic Plans and Policy Division of the US Navy staff and service on the personal staffs of the chief of naval operations, the secretary of defense, and the commander in chief of the US Pacific Fleet. He is author of several nonfiction books about incidents in maritime history, including Embassy to the Eastern Courts: America's Secret First Pivot Toward Asia, 1832–37 and Congo, the Miserable Expeditions and Dreadful Death of Lt. Emory Taunt, USN.