This book is dedicated to my wife, Leah, who patiently allowed me to “borrow” her kitchen counter on which most of this book was written. It is also dedicated to my mother, Rebecca Boies Schroeder, general editor of this series, who has inspired me with her love, energy, and sense of public service.
I also want to particularly thank my federal government colleagues in the National Archives and Records Administration, Navy and Marine Corps History Centers, and Department of Defense Visual Information Center, who generously helped my research and led me to the wonderful images used to enliven this text, and my fellow professors at National Defense University’s Industrial College of the Armed Forces who read and critiqued the text. Finally, my thanks to my U.S. Army colleague Lieutenant Colonel Steve Oluic, who created the maps for this book. Any remaining errors are of course my own.