War is hell, he says, and when it was over, he wanted to come home and rejoin his young family and not dwell on it. He earned a doctorate in history from Stanford University and taught Latin American history at Tulane University and Arizona State University.
"War is hell," he says, and he wanted to return to his home and family, mind clear of battle.  Later, after earning a PhD at Stanford, he taught at Tulane and Arizona State.