Justus D. Doenecke - In Danger Undaunted

The author is greatly indebted to the staff of the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace at Stanford, California, for sponsoring this project. In particular, I wish to thank Dr. Robert Hessen, general editor of the Hoover Archival Documentaries, for his countless hours of labor and continual words of encouragement. Other staff members who went out of their way to expedite this research include Mr. Charles Palm, associate director for library and archives; Dr. Adorjan I. de Galffy, former assistant archivist; Mr. Ronald Bulatoff, archival specialist; and Dr. Elena Danielson, associate archivist. Ms. Ann Wood, senior editor of the Hoover Institution Press, was exceptionally cooperative in expediting the publication of this book, and Ms. Janet Schilling did a most careful job of copyediting.

Mrs. Ruth Sarles Benedict, former director of America First's research bureau, graciously responded to my lengthy inquiries. Mrs. Rosemary Allen Little, librarian of public administration, politics, and law of Princeton University Library, made sure that I received the special Princeton file of America First papers donated by Sterling Morton. Dr. Robert S. Wood, former director of the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library, was especially generous in sharing his unmatched knowledge of the former president. I am also indebted to the staffs of Houghton Library of Harvard University; the Bancroft Library of the University of California; Sterling Memorial Library of Yale University; the Swarthmore College Peace Collection; the archives division of the New York Public Library; the Wisconsin State Historical Society; the University of Oregon; the Library of Congress; the Chicago Historical Society; and Providence College.

Other scholars also helped to expedite this project. Acting with a generosity unmatched in academe, Dr. James T. Patterson of Brown University and Dr. Eugene Lewis of New College of the University of South Florida provided a critical reading of the entire introduction. Special mention must go to Dr. J. Garry Clifford of the University of Connecticut for a critique based upon a matchless knowledge of Roosevelt's foreign policy. In an act of kindness rare among scholars, Garry also shared sources and leads at an early stage of this research. I benefited from the analysis of Dr. Raymond G. OConnor, professor emeritus of the University of Miami, who possesses a thorough knowledge of naval operations in the years 194041.

Over the years, the Institute of Humane Studies (IHS), now located at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, and the Liberty Fund of Indianapolis, Indiana, have generously given me the equivalent of several years of support to investigate twentieth-century American policymakers and their critics. In particular I owe a debt to Mr. Leonard P. Liggio, former IHS president, and to Mr. Kenneth S. Templeton, Jr., past executive secretary of the Liberty Fund. The John Anson Kittredge Education Fund, whose chairman is Dr. Ernest R. May, also supported this research. Dr. Robert Benedetti, provost of New College of the University of South Florida, strongly encouraged all scholarly endeavor.