Special Providence_ American Foreign Policy and How It Changed World - Walter Russell Mead

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tory.JohnKotenandJimJubak,myprincipaleditorsatWorthmagazine,MarkWarren
atEsquire,andMartyBeiseratGQhavesteadfastlysupportedmyworkthroughthis
longprocess.OwenHarriesattheNationalInterestpublisheda versionofmychapteron
theJacksonianforeignpolicytradition.Theenormousresponsegeneratedbythatpub-
licationisa testimonytothestronggripthattheNationalInteresthasontheattentionof
itsreaders.JonathanSegalatAlfredA.KnopfhasbeenaspatientasRichardLeone.My
literaryagentanddearfriend,GeriThoma,hasbeenthereformeeverystepoftheway;
meetingherwasoneofthegreatturningpointsofmylife.AndreaBarretthasbeenend-
lesslypatientwithmywhining.Myparents,LorenandPollyMead,spentcountless
hoursreviewingthemanuscriptofthisbook,astheydidofmyfirst.I am,asalways,
gratefulfortheirloveandsupport.