Aldous Richard - Schlesinger: the imperial historian

For help in a variety of ways, I wish to thank the following: Daniel Akst, Maurice Bric, Ian Buruma, Sir David Cannadine, Eliot Cohen, Deirdre dAlbertis, Mark Danner, Omar Encarnacin, Lucy Flamm, Rory Kennedy, Cynthia Koch, Walter LaFeber, Michael Mandelbaum, Sean McMeekin, Brian Murphy, Mike Riley, Declan Ryan, Michael Staunton, Karen Sullivan, David Swanson, Rachel Thompson, Noel Whelan, Harry White, and David Woolner; the president, faculty, staff, and students of Bard College, particularly the members of my first-year seminar classes; Walter Russell Mead, Damir Marusic, Jamie Horgan, and everyone at The American Interest; the archivists of the JFK Library and the New York Public Library, with particular thanks to Tal Nadan and Brandon Westerheim; Peter Nelson, head of archives at Phillips Exeter Academy; David Reynolds, Fredrik Logevall, Mark Lytle, and Simon Ball for their immense generosity in taking time away from their own research to read all or part of my first draft; my superb editor Tom Mayer, his assistant Sarah Bolling, and the entire team at W. W. Norton; the indefatigable Georgina Capel of Georgina Capel Associates; Stephen Graham and Andrew Wylie for facilitating the connection with the Schlesinger family, and the Schlesingers themselves for their kindness in welcoming this project, with special thanks to Alexandra Schlesinger, Robert Schlesinger, and Peter Allan, Marian Cannon Schlesinger, Stephen Schlesinger, Christina Schlesinger, and Andrew Schlesinger; my wife, Kathryn Aldous, for once again reading an entire manuscript; my mother, Patricia Aldous, and my late father, John Aldous, who first introduced me to A Thousand Days. Finally this book is dedicated to my daughter Elizabeth. Shes nobodys Junior, but I am every bit as proud of her as Arthur Sr. was of Young Arthur.

Richard Aldous
Annandale-on-Hudson, New York
March 2017

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