So Much to Lose: John F. Kennedy and American Policy in Laos

Acknowledgments

acknowledgments So Much to Lose would not have been possible without the assistance of archivists at the John F. Kennedy Library, Boston, Ma; the Library of congress, Washington, dc; the Lyndon B. Johnson Library, austin, tX; the national archives and records administration, college Park, Md; and the uS army Military history institute, carlisle, Pa. i am particularly grateful for the help provided by Stanley Fanaras, Jeff hartley, and timothy nenninger at the national archives; by Stephen Plotkin and Maryrose Grossman at the Kennedy Library; and by Jenna de Graffenried at the Johnson Library. timothy castle, a Southeast asia historian and the author of At War in the Shadow of Vietnam and One Day Too Long, read an early draft of the manuscript and made several thoughtful suggestions. ang cheng Guan, a diplomatic and international historian and the author of Vietnamese Communists ’ Relations with China and the Second Indochina Conflict, 1956– 1962, pointed out a number of useful sources. two anonymous reviewers selected by the university Press of Kentucky (uPK) provided constructive criticism that was helpful in revising the manuscript. i am delighted to be continuing my association with the uPK; its editorial director, Stephen M. Wrinn; and his team of editors, production specialists, and marketers . i am particularly pleased that So Much to Lose is part of uPK’s Studies in conflict, diplomacy, and Peace because one of the series editors is George c. herring, a historian whose Vietnam War scholarship i have long admired. as with Before the Quagmire: American Intervention in Laos, 1954– 1961, Kristin coffey assisted with the research and improved my prose with her editorial comments. despite the help of many people, i am solely responsible for the book’s conclusions and analysis and for any errors of commission or omission. ...