Acknowledgments

Over the years I have benefited enormously from the faculty and students of the Department of History at Northern Illinois University. I owe a tremendous debt to the NIU history faculty for a rich and diversified intellectual training; they are a credit to public education. Most importantly, I want to thank my director, Carl P. Parrini. He embodies the highest personal and intellectual qualities of a teacher-scholar. I also want to acknowledge my theoretical debt to Mary O. Furner and to thank her for her participation on my dissertation committee. From my earliest undergraduate courses, teachers like William Beik, C. H. and Margaret George, and Marvin Rosen provided direction and inspiration. Since this study is a revised version of my Ph.D. dissertation, I would also like to thank the other members of my committee, W. Bruce Lincoln and Anthony Scaperlanda, for their careful reading of my dissertation and the help they provided in the final stages of the dissertation process.

I have been very fortunate to have been associated with an exceptional group of students at NIU. I will always value the friendship and support I have received from this close-knit group. In particular, I want to acknowledge Bill Burr, Thomas Elkins, Brian Forberg, Linn Freiwald (who very generously took the time to edit the manuscript), Keith Haynes, Michael Hickey, Jean Kadel, Jim Livingston, Larry Lynn, Sandy Mazzola, Bruce Nelson, Sonia Nelson, Don Rodrick, Richard Schneirov, Paul Street, and Robert Tyree.

I have benefited gready from my discussions with historians David Foglesong, Linda Killen, and Thomas Knock, whose research has enriched our understanding of Wilsonian foreign policy.

The editors and readers at The Kent State University Press have been exceptionally helpful and gracious throughout the process. I especially want to thank director John Hubbell and managing editor Joanna Hildebrand Craig for their assistance and assistant editor Erin Holman, who conscientiously guided the manuscript through the copyediting process at Kent State. Clarence Wunderlin and Mary Ann Heiss deserve special thanks for introducing me to this fine press.

For technical assistance I would like to thank Dennis Butzow, Ilga Janouskovec, and Joel Leer.

My research has been facilitated by the assistance of many generous archivists at the National Archives, the Library of Congress, Yale University, the International Harvester Archives, the Wisconsin State Historical Society, the Hoover Institute and Stanford University Libraries, and the manuscript department of the Regenstein Library at the University of Chicago. The staff at the Northern Illinois University library, particularly the interlibrary loan and government publications departments, have facilitated my research over many years.

Finally, I thank my mother, Elizabeth Bacino; my family, Dennis and Elizabeth Butzow; and Dr. William Cohen for all of their support.