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Africans say that it takes a village to raise a child—it is certainly true that it takes one to write a textbook! We could not have done it without a community of family, friends, colleagues, students, reviewers, and editors who supported us, nagged us, maddened us, and kept us on our toes. Not only is this a better book because of their help and support, but it would not have been a book at all without them.

In addition to all the folks we gratefully acknowledge in the full edition of this text, some made a particular contribution to this brief edition. We would like to thank the reviewers who have given us their feedback on the past and current brief editions of our book:

 Jean Abshire, Indiana University Southeast

 Jordon Barkalow, Bridgewater State University

 Vicky Cannon Bollenbacher, Aims Community College

 Janet Box-Steffensmeier, Ohio State University

 Robert Bradley, Illinois State University

 Pam Brunfelt, Vermilion Community College

 Betty Chan, American River College

 Matthew T. Christensen, Boise State University

 David B. Cohen, University of Akron

 Victoria Cordova, Sam Houston State University

 Timothy Dale, University of Wisconsin–Green Bay

 Robert L. Dion, University of Evansville

 Heather K. Evans, Sam Houston State University

 Richard Flanagan, College of Staten Island, the City University of New York

 Nicole R. Foster-Shoaf, Lincoln University

 Shane Gleason, Idaho State University–Pocatello

 Christi Gramling, Charleston Southern University

 Paul Hain, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi

 Charles A. Hantz, Danville Area Community College

 Paul L. Hathaway, Jacksonville State University

 Cyrus Hayat, IUPU–Indianapolis

 Richard Holtzman, Bryant University

 Glen D. Hunt, Austin Community College–Northridge

 Alana Jeydel, American River College

 Joseph Jozwiak, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi

 Ellen Key, Stony Brook University

 Robert Klotz, University of Southern Maine

 Jamie Lennahan, Germanna Community College–Fredericksburg

 Paul Lermack, Bradley University

 Allyson M. Lowe, Carlow University

 Karen McCurdy, Georgia Southern University

 Tom McInnis, University of Central Arkansas

 Bryan S. McQuide, University of Idaho

 Linda Medcalf, South Puget Sound Community College

 Jeff Millstone, Austin Community College–Rio Grande

 Cas Mudde, University of Georgia

 Gregg Murray, Texas Tech University

 Jason C. Myers, California State University Stanislaus

 Angela C. Narasimhan, Keuka College

 Richard Pacelle, Georgia Southern University

 Sarah Poggione, Ohio University

 Suzy Prucka, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

 Gerald Reed, Middle Tennessee State University

 Denise Richardson, Laney College

 Thomas A. Schmeling, Rhode Island College

 Angela Ugran, Cuyahoga Community College, East Campus

 Stacy G. Ulbig, Sam Houston State University

 Tim Vercellotti, Western New England College

 Ulf Zimmermann, Kennesaw State University

There are several people in particular without whom this edition would never have seen the light of day. Pat Haney, the provider of the nuts and bolts of the foreign policy section, has been a cheerful, tireless collaborator, a good friend and colleague for twenty years now, and we are so grateful to him. Chuck McCutcheon, a huge help and a delight to work with, lent his expertise to the social and economic policy sections.

Finally, it is our great privilege to acknowledge and thank all the people at CQ Press who believed in this book and made this edition possible. In this day and age of huge publishing conglomerates, it has been such a pleasure to work with a small, committed team dedicated to top-quality work.

Christine Barbour

Gerald C. Wright

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