Edward M. Young

Edward M. Young received a BA in Political Science from Harvard University and an MA from the University of Washington. He served two years as a Peace Corps volunteer in Thailand. He spent eight years as a commercial banker before joining Moody's Investors Service as a Senior Analyst, he later became a Managing Director and Group Managing Director, spending twenty years at Moody's with assignments in New York, London, Tokyo, and Hong Kong. After retiring in 2004, in 2015 Young completed an MA in the History of Warfare at King's College London, and a PhD in History in 2020. Young has written 22 books and monographs on aviation and military history, including Aerial Nationalism: A History of Aviation in Thailand published by the Smithsonian Institution and The Tenth Air Force in World War II: Strategy, Command, and Operations 1942-1945 published by Schiffer Publishing.