Thomas E. Woods Jr., Ph.D., is the "New York Times" bestselling author of "Meltdown" and "The Politically Incorrect Guide to American History," among other books. He holds a bachelor's degree in history from Harvard and a Ph.D. in history from Columbia University. A recipient of the Templeton Enterprise Award and the O. P. Alford III Prize for Libertarian Scholarship, he is a senior fellow at the Ludwig von Mises Institute.