| I am grateful to many people for their help in the preparation of this book. I am especially indebted to Francis E. Rourke, who spent countless hours reading my work and offering thoughtful criticisms and advice. He shared his wisdom at virtually every stage of this project's development-from its inception as a seminar paper, through its growth into a doctoral dissertation, and finally to this. Through it all, he proved to be a trusted mentor and a faithful friend. Robert L. Peabody also guided me through much of this research, and I am grateful for his kindness, wisdom, and support as well. |
| Many others have also helped along the way. I would like to offer a special word of thanks to the many individuals who worked in or with the Office of Communications and who granted interviews and shared their valuable time with me. I am also grateful for the Gerald R. Ford Foundation's generous grant, which supported my travel to the Ford Library in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The staff thereas well as the staff at the Nixon Presidential Materials Project in Alexandria, Virginia, and at the Jimmy Carter Library in Atlanta, Georgiaproved to be absolutely invaluable. I would especially like to thank Paul Guitte, James Hastings, Joan Howard, Byron A. Parham, and Sue Ellen Stanley from the Nixon Project; David Horrocks, Leesa Tobin, and Paul Conway from the Ford Library; and David Alsobrook, Martin Elzy, Bert Nason, and David Stanhope from the Carter Library. In addition, Samuel Kernell kindly shared transcripts of a symposium at the University of California at San Diego called "The Presidency, the Press and the People," and Benjamin Bradlee, Charles Colson, and Herbert Klein responded to my written queries. |
| I also owe an enormous debt to Scott M. Cutlip, dean emeritus of the School of Journalism at the University of Georgia. He is a man who has studied the Office of Communications since its inception and who generously gave me his |
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