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About the Contributors
David M. Barrett is a professor of political science at Villanova University and holds a PhD from the University of Notre Dame. He specializes in the U.S. presidency and U.S. foreign policy. Professor Barrett’s most recent book, The CIA and Congress: The Untold Story from Truman to Kennedy (Lawrence: University Press of Kansas), is based on research that he conducted at National Archives facilities as well as at archives around the country holding the papers of sixteen deceased members of Congress. He also has published two other books on President Lyndon Johnson and the Vietnam War. He is currently working on two book projects, one about intelligence aspects of the Cuban missile crisis, the other a broader history of the CIA, Congress, and the Kennedy White House.
Amy Fried is a professor of political science at the University of Maine and holds a PhD from the University of Minnesota. For Pathways to Polling: Crisis, Cooperation and the Making of Public Opinion Professions (New York: Routledge), she worked with an array of archival materials pertaining to important figures in the polling industry as well as government, foundation, and business enterprises that were involved in the early years of survey and market research. She is also the author of Muffled Echoes: Oliver North and the Politics of Public Opinion (New York: Columbia University Press). Professor’s Fried’s current research builds on Pathways to Polling and focuses on the incorporation of race in U.S. government opinion research. She blogs at http://www.pollways.com.
Scott A. Frisch is a professor and chair of political science at California State University Channel Islands. He received his PhD from Claremont Graduate University. Professor Frisch is the author of The Politics