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Acknowledgments Even such a brief book as this entails a multitude of debts. First, acknowledgments are due to Marty Medhurst,who invited me to be part of this series. In many ways and in many contexts, Marty has consistently supported me and worked tirelessly to add to the scholarly life of our profession. I have enormous admiration for him. The staff at TexasA&M University Press is superb.Mary Lenn Dixon is a terrific editor and an even better luncheon companion.The press’s reviewers, Roger D. Launius and Robert C. Rowland, offered many helpful comments and suggestions; the book is better for their advice and help. Any remaining faults are mine alone. I owe a great debt to many other scholars as well. Tom Goodnight, Gordon Mitchell, Jim Farrell, David Cheshier, and especially Michael Bruner and James Darsey provided much-needed assistance. The Communication Department at Georgia State University supported this project through a travel grant and a summer research grant. My research assistants, Jason Edwards and Joe Valenzano, did important work for me. I appreciate the hospitality of the entire Goodnight clan for putting me up—and putting up with me—during my research trip to the Reagan Library. Lisa Jones, archivist at the Reagan Library, was very helpful, and I am grateful for her assistance. It is a commonplace that writing is a lonely task.I thank all of those who alleviated that loneliness for me. You know who you are. My appreciation of you is all the greater because of the memory of one whose loss will be felt so deeply for the rest of my life. This book is dedicated to the memory of Rabindranath Gunasekera, who was with us for all too brief a time. It is also for those of us he left behind, especially for Natasha, Alexandra, and Eric, in whom his spirit continues to shine. [34.200.248.66] Project MUSE (2024-03-28 22:38 GMT) slipping the surly bonds ...