David Tucker taught at the Naval Postgraduate School for 16 years. During that time, he helped establish and subsequently taught in the Master’s in American History and Government program at Ashland University. In 2014, he resigned from the Postgraduate School and started to work full time for Teaching American History, which he helped establish. He directed TAH programs and edited its publications until 2024. Tucker earned his Ph.D. in history at the Claremont Graduate School.

His most recent book is U.S. Special Operations Forces, with Christopher Lamb (Columbia University Press, 2007; 2020). His other books include Resistance and Revolution: Moral Revolution, Military Might, and the End of Empire (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2016); The End of Intelligence: Espionage and State Power in the Information Age (Stanford University Press, 2014);  Illuminating The Dark Arts of War: Terrorism, Sabotage and Subversion in Homeland Security and the New Conflict (2012); and Enlightened Republicanism: A Study of Jefferson’s Notes on the State of Virginia (Lexington Books, 2008). His other publications include “A Lockean Aristotle: Wisdom, Consent, and Equality—According to Harry V. Jaffa,” (Perspectives on Political Science, 2024), “Political Philosophy, Education and Statesmanship” (Perspectives on Political Science, 2017) and chapters and articles on Thomas Jefferson, John Quincy Adams, and Benjamin Franklin.