Randy B. Naquin was born February 5, 1953 in Napoleonville, Louisiana (U.S.A.). He graduated from High School in Donaldsonville, Louisiana in 1971 and joined the U.S. Marine Corps in 1972. After two years of active duty he attended Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana for four years, earning a Bachelor of Science degree in 1978 in Agronomy. While attending Southern he worked for the U.S. Department of Agriculture during the summer months in Louisiana and Wisconsin. He has written numerous articles on “soil conservation” projects and editorial comments on geopolitical “enigmas” of the times in which he lived which have appeared in local newspapers and Southern University’s “Digest”. This book is his most extensive written material by far and it covers a wide range of subjects.*