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Acknowledgments
Writing this book would not have been possible without the assistance and encouragement of many people over the years, and I apologise in advance for not naming them all. I would like to thank first and foremost my friend, Lana Woolf, for initially suggesting that we record the memories of our ageing parents and compatriots and for starting me on this voyage of discovery. It was during those early interviews that we conducted together that I came to realise the importance of the task that we had undertaken and decided to give it a larger dimension.
I would like to express all my gratitude for the precious time and invaluable support Professor Suzanne Rutland provided so generously over the years and for her integrity and scholastic rigor. I am particularly grateful for her constant encouragement, as well as her patience and understanding of my problems. To Professor Konrad Kwiet, I also owe a great debt of gratitude for helping me refocus and offering a critical and fresh perspective.
To all my interviewees in Australia, France, Britain, and the United States, who opened their homes and gave generously of their time, thank