James Holbrook has been a scholar and practitioner of Russian since 1961. After a 75-week course at the Army Language School in Monterey, California, he spent over 28 years as an Army Russian lingu...view moreJames Holbrook has been a scholar and practitioner of Russian since 1961. After a 75-week course at the Army Language School in Monterey, California, he spent over 28 years as an Army Russian linguist. He lived and worked in Moscow for nearly four years (1979-1981, 1994-1996) where he also taught a course in English and lectured on colloquial Russian at the Moscow Linguistics University. He has taught the language at all levels: tutor, elementary, high-school and college. A former Assistant Professor of Russian at the U.S. Military Academy, West Point, he did research and teaching of Russian at the U.S. National Security Agency. He holds a PhD in Russian and Linguistics from Georgetown University.view less