Acknowledgments

The editors want to thank our contributors, all of whom showed great patience in waiting for this volume to appear. The hands-on approach by Nancy Toff and her assistant Elizabeth Vazini at Oxford University Press ensured that this volume meets the high standards set by the press in this series. We also would like to thank Kumar Anbazhagan for his support throughout the production process of this book.

Our greatest thanks is to Roxane Barwick, manager of the Political History and Leadership Program at Arizona State University, who assumed the role of project manager. This position involved sending invitations to prospective authors, managing submissions, copy editing, and handling the thousand-and-one other details that go into such a project. In addition, she assumed the great responsibility of making sure the editors of this volume were kept on track and suppressed any frustrations during the entire process. If a third editor’s name should be added to this volume it would be hers.