Americas Viceroys The Military and US Foreign Policy 1st Edition by Derek Reveron 1349527882 9781349527885

Authors:DEREK S. REVERSON , Series:Management [41] , Tags:Foreign Policy , Author sort:REVERSON, DEREK S. , Languages:Languages:eng , Published:Published:Jul 2006 , Publisher:Palgrave Macmillan , Comments:Comments:Though I am the editor of this book, this endeavor would not have beenpossible without many friends and colleagues who encouraged me topursue this project.My former colleagues at the U.S. Naval Academy proved to beinvaluable sounding boards, provided useful feedback throughout theproject, and created an intellectual environment that allowed me tocomplete this research. Thank you Arthur Rachwald, Kevin Haney, EllieMalone, Rebecca Chavez, Gale Mattox, Rodney Tomlinson, BarbaraHarff, Linda Hull, Tom Bendel, Stephen Wrage, Willie Curtis, MattValiquette, Helen Purkitt, Howard Ernst, Doug Brattebo, Yong Deng,Jack Beard, and Steve Frantzich.I also owe my deepest gratitude to Matt Testerman and KathieYoung. Our lunch conversations helped frame the topic in an interestingand valuable way.Many people read various drafts of each chapter throughout thiswork’s genesis and provided good editorial insights. I am grateful toJohn Fishel, Bill Williamson, Don Disney, and my wife, Kirie.Throughout the process, Kirie was tirelessly committed to readingmany pages, and her enthusiasm consistently buoyed me.An early version of chapter 4 appeared in Admiral Crowe’s The Lineof Fire: From Washington to the Gulf, the Politics and Battles of the NewMilitary published by Simon & Schuster in 1993.Part of my argument in chapter 5 was originally published by Taylorand Francis (http://www.tandf.co.uk) in the June 2002 issue of Defenseand Security Analysis. I thank Martin Edmonds, editor of Defense andSecurity Analysis, for providing useful feedback on my initial argument.Dr. John A. Pitts, U.S. Southern Command Historian, andDr. Hans S. Pawlisch, of the Joint Chiefs of Staff History Office, werevery supportive in providing Southern Command archives materials toDean Cook. Dr. Pitts’ official command history of General Wilhelm’stenure, Challenges of Change, and related artifact archive also provedvaluable.Finally, without David Pervin, Erin Ivy and the editorial staff atPalgrave Macmillan and Newgen this book would not appear in print.