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| Barry R. Schneider and Lawrence E. Grinter     Editors                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| September 1995                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| The Air War College Studies in National Security was established as a    forum for research on topics that influence the national security of the United States.    Copies of No. 3 in this series are available from the Air War College, 325 Chennault    Circle, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama 36112-6427. The fax number is (334) 953-7934; the    telephone number is (334) 953-2103/DSN 493-2103/7074. |

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Acknowledgments

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We, the editors, wish to thank the authors for their timely  responses to our requests for quality work and for meeting deadlines. At the Air War  College, we wish to thank Dean Ronald Kurth and Col Theodore Hailes, associate dean for  their championing of the Air War College Studies in National Security series. Thanks also  are due to Col Robert Hinds, our department chairman, who gave us his support and  encouragement when we began work on this project. We also appreciate Maj Gen Peter D.  Robinson, Dr Alexander S. Cochran, Dr Robert Wendzel, Dr David Sorenson, Dr Dan Hughes, Dr  Bill Martel, Col Joseph Englebrecht, and Dr George Stein, all Air War College faculty, who  have taken their time to review chapters written by others. Outside reviewers who also  contributed valuable suggestions include: Mr David Kay (SAIC), Col John Ellen, USAF,  retired (SAIC), Col Phillip Gardiner, USAF, retired (SAIC), Dr Robert Joseph, director of  the NDU Counterproliferation Center; and Phillip E. Lacombe, managing director of the  Aerospace Education Foundation. Help was also provided by the Institute for National  Security Studies, USAFA, that supported part of Dr Schneider’s research on this  project. We are also grateful to MSgt Milton Turner for running interference on the  budgetary paperwork, and to Modeyither Jones and Linda Jenkins for their administrative  assistance that helped us turn this book out in a timely fashion. At the Air University  Press, we wish to thank Dr Elizabeth Bradley, director; Tom Mackin; Thomas Lobenstein;  Rebecca McLeod; Steven Garst; and other AU Press editors that gave us valuable suggestions  for improving the manuscript in a timely fashion.

*Barry R. Schneider & Lawrence E. Grinter*

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