Thomas F. Connolly is Professor of Humanities and Social Sciences and a Fellow of the Center for Futuristic Studies at Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University. Author of three books on cultural history and criticism and dozens of articles, he has been a cultural consultant and commentator for national and international media. A former Fulbright Senior Scholar, Dr. Connolly is the recipient of the Parliamentary Medal of the Czech Republic. His next book, Goodbye Good Ol’ USA. What America Lost in World War II: The Movies, The Home Front, and Postwar Culture is forthcoming from Houghton Mifflin/PMU Press.