Acknowledgments

I would like to thank Major R. B. Claybourne (USMCR) for his fine technical help; Mr Bruno Laan for being an indefatigable source of information who patiently answered my questions even when they were on arcane matters; and the Joint Baltic American National Committee for generously providing information that helped with the background to this novel. I would also like to thank Harriette Pine for kindly showing me Brooklyn and Brighton Beach in the dead of winter.