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Acknowledgments
An author owes many debts, and I hope to acknowledge those who assisted with this project. In addition to my coauthor, who has made this collaboration an easy one, I want to thank a number of people who have given me help in ways both big and small.
This book grew from a conference paper that I wrote along with my coauthor and Marc Bacharach. Their enthusiasm for the project stimulated my own interest even when other responsibilities got in the way. Marc has left the academic life for service in the federal government; our loss is the nation’s gain.
Many colleagues and friends have helped by answering questions, making suggestions, responding to ideas, and making it possible for me to concentrate on this project. These good people include Steven DeLue, Christopher Kelley, Melanie Marlowe, Brett Pendleton, Gary Gregg, and students in my class on the American presidency at Miami University.
Thanks go as well to several scholars who commented on various stages of this project, from discussants at professional meetings to the anonymous reviewers for Cambria Press. Their comments have helped us to improve this work considerably; any flaws that remain in it are our own.