Our books have benefited greatly from the many archivists who have generously shared their time and input. Special recognition is due to Jon Fletcher at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library for his patience in helping us to find the best photographs. Of all of the exceptional people at the National Archives—too many to name—we are especially thankful for Fred Graboske, Maarja Krusten, James Mathis, Cary McStay, Jay Olin, David Paynter, Rod Ross, and the Special Access/FOIA staff at NARA. Over the years, experts at the Historian’s Office of the Department of State have served as an invaluable sounding board. In particular, Richard Moss and Anand Toprani did much formative work, which ended up spread across numerous Foreign Relations of the United States volumes.
The field of Nixon studies is currently in its most productive phase. Just a sampling of those who have contributed to this debate in recent years includes Jonathan Aitken, Roham Alvandi, Pierre Asselin, Gary Bass, Carl Bernstein, Conrad Black, Nigel Bowles, Pat Buchanan, William Burr, Len Colodny, Robert Dallek, John Dean, Jack Farrell, Mark Feldstein, Niall Ferguson, J. Brooks Flippen, Jeffrey Frank, Daniel Frick, Don Fulsom, Irwin Gellman, David Greenberg, Jussi Hanhimäki, George Herring, Jeff Himmelman, Joan Hoff, Max Holland, Alistair Horne, Ken Hughes, Walter Isaacson, Marvin Kalb, Laura Kalman, Barbara Keys, Jeffrey Kimball, Henry Kissinger, Stanley Kutler, Mark Lawrence, Ray Locker, Fredrik Logevall, Margaret MacMillan, Allen Matusow, Kevin McMahon, Richard Moss, Lien-Hang Nguyen, Keith Olson, Rick Perlstein, John Prados, Andrew Preston, Lubna Qureshi, Stephen Randolph, Brian Robertson, James Rosen, Thomas Schwartz, Geoff Shepard, Melvin Small, Jeremi Suri, Evan Thomas, Anand Toprani, Tim Weiner, Jules Witcover, and Bob Woodward.
We also benefited from those who reviewed or provided feedback on The Nixon Tapes: 1971–1972, including Peter Baker, Nigel Bowles, Jack Farrell, John Lewis Gaddis, David Greenberg, David Kennedy, Ray Locker, Martin Nolan, James Rosen, Mark Strassmann, Evan Thomas, Del Wilber, and Judy Woodruff. In addition, over the years we gained many insights from those personally associated with Richard Nixon at one time or another: Marje Acker, Dick Allen, Bob Bostock, Jack Brennan, Pat Buchanan, Steve Bull, George H. W. Bush, Dwight Chapin, Dick Cheney, Chuck Colson, Tricia and Ed (and Christopher) Cox, John Dean, David and Julie Nixon Eisenhower, Frank Gannon, Billy Graham, Al Haig, Steve Hess, Lee Huebner, Henry Kissinger, Gordon Liddy, Fred Malek, K. T. McFarland, Ed Nixon, Ray Price, Sandy Quinn, Nancy Reagan, Don Rumsfeld, Bill Safire, Geoff Shepard, George Shultz, John Taylor, Ron Walker, and David Young.
At Texas A&M University–Central Texas, thanks are due to Marc Nigliazzo, Peg Gray-Vickrey, Russ Porter, Jerry Jones, Allen Redmon, and Michael Cotten. At Houghton Mifflin Harcourt our editor, Bruce Nichols (and his team), was superb. He heroically edited the manuscript to a manageable size, which was no small task. Two of our friends and colleagues—Julie Fenster and Virginia Northington—helped us in a myriad of indispensable ways. Lisa Bankoff of ICM was a huge booster of this project from the start. Ditto for Lora Wildenthal and Allen Matusow of Rice University. We are grateful to all.