Legally blind by age 16, Zachary Shore had a moment of awakening while in college after encountering a fellow blind student who had just returned from a solo excursion with seeming ease: “My problem wasn’t my blindness. It was my lack of skills and confidence.” He would indeed come to find a remarkable set of skills and confidence — going on to become a pre-eminent scholar of history and international conflict, focused on understanding the enemy, and author of six books. His most recent book, This is Not Who We Are: America's Struggle Between Vengeance and Virtue, "spotlights the moral quandaries that plagued Americans as their wartime thirst for vengeance wrestled with their loftier ideals.” For more than three decades, he has been an advocate of improving opportunities for the blind. He has also written on why smart people make bad decisions. For more than three decades, he has been an advocate of improving opportunities for the blind. He has also written on why smart people make bad decisions.