historical U.S. threshold for political patience is three years Education Metz graduated from Myrtle Beach High School, Myrtle Beach, SC and holds a BA in philosophy and MA in International Studies from the University of South Carolina; and a Ph.D. in Political Science from the Johns Hopkins University Notes 1956 births Counterinsurgency theorists Counterterrorism theorists Living people People from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina Writers from Charleston, West Virginia Johns_Hopkins_University_alumni University_of_South_Carolina_alumni United States Army War College faculty Educators from Charleston, West Virginia