356 AcknowledgmentsE.BenjaminSkinner,DerekLundy,andLaurenceReszetarthrewthemselvesintothis
projectwithanalmostterrifyingenthusiasm,andmuchthatisvaluableinthisbookis
theresultoftheirdedicationandskill.
OneofthegreatesttreasuresoftheCouncilonForeignRelationsisitsstaffoflibrar-
ians.LeighV.Gusts,Marcia1.Sprules,MichelleMcKowen,ConnieStagnaro,Barbara
Miller,andMingErQiuwentfarbeyondthecallofduty;I simplycouldnothavefin-
ishedthisbookwithouttheirhelp.
ThankstothesupportoftheCouncilonForeignRelations,thegoodofficesofthe
NewAmericaFoundation,andthehospitalityofAbeLowenthalandthePacificCoun-
cilforInternationalPolicy,I hadtherareprivilegeofsubmittingdraftchaptersofthe
manuscripttostudy-groupsessionsinNewYork,Washington,andLosAngelesthat
wereattendedbysomeofthemostformidableandaccomplishedwomenandmeninthe
fieldsofAmericanhistoryandforeignpolicy.I wouldliketoexpressmyappreciation
fortheirvaluablecommentstoallofthestudygroupmembers,whoamongothers
included:RichardBetts,RachelBronson,DavidCallahan,TedG.Carpenter,AnneCar-
ruth,JohnCavanagh,JamesChace,StevenClemons,AlbertoColi,KyleCrichton,
RobertDeVecchi,DavidDuffie,DanielW.Fisk,AltonFrye,ArchGillies,Michael
Green,TedHalstead,OwenHarries,PaulHeer,JimHoge,MortonHolbrook,Chris
Isham,AdrianKararnycky,JudithKipper,RadhaKumar,CharlesLemert,MichaelE.
Lind,BetteBaoLord,MichaelMandelbaum,JamesMann,RobertA.Manning,Ann
Markusen,StanleyMcChrystal,ShoonMurray,KimberMcKenzie,JanneE.Nolan,
JonathanParis,DavidRieff,WilliamD.Rogers,GideonRose,StanleySheinbaum,
ElisabethSifton,JessicaE.Stern,BruceStokes,JuliaE.Sweig,DavidVictor,Ruth
Wedgewood,andFareedZakaria.I amparticularlygratefultoArthurSchlesinger,Jr.,
fortheunfailingpatienceandcourtesywithwhichhelaboredtopreventmefromcom-
mittinggrievouscrimesagainstthememoryofAndrewJackson.Almosteverypageof
thefinaldraftshowstheinfluenceofthethoughtfulcommentsandhelpfulsuggestions
ofthestudygroupreaders;theresponsibilityforanyremainingerrorsoffactorinter-
pretationis,ofcourse,myown.
I wouldalsoliketothankHalehNazeriandJonathanTeppermanforarranginga
"shadowstudygroup"consistingofjuniorstaffmembersoftheCouncilonForeign
Relations.Submittingone'sworktothesharpeyesandcandidjudgmentofa groupof
brilliantyoungpeoplejustoutofcollegeanduniversityisbothbracingandsobering;I
recommendithighly,andIthankHaleh,Jonathan,andtheirassociatesforallowingme
tohavethisvaluableexperience.
InadditiontotheunstintingsupportoffriendsandcolleaguesattheWorldPolicy
InstituteattheNewSchoolandtheCouncilonForeignRelations,I havealsobeenthe
beneficiaryofthegenerosityofa groupofdonorswhohelpedunderwritemysalaryand
expensesinbothplaces.AllenAdler,HenryArnholdt,StanleyS.Arkin,Robert].
Chaves,KimballChen,MaryvanEvera,JoachimGfoeller,Jr.,WadeGreen,JohnH.
andSusanGurfreund<throughtheGutfreundFoundation),JohnH.]'Guth<through
theWoodcockP.Foundation),J.TomilsonHill,FrankW.Hoch,RobertM.McKinney,
WinthropR.Munyan,andRobertRosenkranzhaveallbeenextremelygenerousinthe
supportofmywork.Thefinancialsupportwaswelcomeandbadlyneeded;thefriend-
shipwasandisbeyondprice.
SherleSchwenningerplayedanimmenseroleinthisproject,ashehasdoneinvir-
tuallyallofmymajorintellectualactivitiesforfifteenyears.AlisonSilver,mylongtime
editorattheLosAngelesTimes,hasdonewondersformywritingstyleandtaughtmethe
importanceofgroundingcontemporarycommentaryonforeignaffairsinAmericanhis-