can see how beholden I am to many persons, none of whom is responsible for what I have written, but each of whom has improved the book at hand.
My recitation of appreciation is not done. Gloria Loomis, whose literary agency has represented my interests, guided me to understand how the architecture of this book could build on my prior When Affirmative Action Was White and prodded me to take chances as I moved ahead. My penultimate draft was made much clearer, better organized, and more direct by the application, in London, of Tessa Harvey’s uncommonly fine editorial intelligence. At Liveright in New York, a revived imprint at W. W. Norton, Fear Itself has benefited from extraordinary editorial care. Bob Weil is an editor without equal. Guided by historical learning and distaste for infelicitous prose, he read every line more than once and, to the profit of my readers, heavily marked the script. Bob identified Carol Edwards as the best possible, tough-minded copyeditor. Her professional skill further honed its prose and worked to ensure exactness in its references. Bob has been ably assisted by Philip Marino in the book’s early stages and Will Menaker as it moved through production toward publication. Further, Roby Harrington nudged the manuscript along, both as a friend and as a Norton editor who loves books.
My sweetest supporters are my wonderful family. I dedicate this book to Deborah Socolow Katznelson and her ever-expanding bounty. Ever since we met as undergraduate Young Democrats at the House of Representatives in January 1964, her loving and critical intelligence has deeply shaped all that I do. We share enormous pride in our children, Jessica, Zachary, Emma, and Leah, their spouses Brad, Isabel, Yosi, and Josh, and our growing brood of grandchildren, so far including Rachel, Nathan, Cleo, Azai, and Ezra. Nothing matches these satisfactions. Our growing family continues to offer gifts of affection, energy, and circumstance that support my authorial ambitions. I wish I knew how to say a proper thank you.
CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND
July 2012
PHOTOGRAPH CREDITS
p. 3: Women supporting Franklin Roosevelt teaching other women how to vote, 1935 (Kheel Center for Labor Management Documentation & Archives, Cornell University)
p. 26: Swastika-adorned Hindenburg flying over New York City, May 6, 1937 (Bettman/Corbis)
p. 29: Breadline established by “White Angel” philanthropist in San Francisco, 1933 (National Archives)
p. 58: General Italo Balbo’s “Cruise of the Decade” arriving in New York, July 19, 1933 (Bettman/Corbis)
p. 96: President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s first inaugural address, March 4, 1933 (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
p. 130: Women demonstrating for segregation, Poolesville, Maryland, 1956 (Reprinted with permission of the D.C. Public Library, Star Collection © Washington Post)
p. 133: African-American Movie Theater, Leland, Mississippi Delta, 1939 (Library of Congress, LC-DIG-ds-01351)
p. 156: Antilynching banner hanging from the office of the NAACP, New York City, 1938 (NAACP collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress 046.00.00, Courtesy of the NAACP Digital ID # ppmsca-09705)
p. 195: U.S. Army soldier casting his vote, 1944 (University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections, SOC3523)
p. 224: Crowd awaiting the arrival of Adolf Hitler at the Berlinparade to celebrate the Austrian Anschluss, March 16, 1938 (AKG Images)
p. 227: “Interior of Scroll Case at Norris Dam,” Tennessee Valley Authority tunnel, 1936 (FDR Library)
p. 276: Isolationist sentiment at antiwar protest, 1941
p. 317: Evacuees of Japanese ancestry waiting to board buses to the War Relocation Authority Center in Manzanar, California, April 1, 1942 (National Archives)
p. 364: Women supporting the Democratic Party ticket of Adlai Stevenson and John Sparkman, 1952 (International Ladies Garment Workers Union Photographs, Kheel Center for Labor Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell
My recitation of appreciation is not done. Gloria Loomis, whose literary agency has represented my interests, guided me to understand how the architecture of this book could build on my prior When Affirmative Action Was White and prodded me to take chances as I moved ahead. My penultimate draft was made much clearer, better organized, and more direct by the application, in London, of Tessa Harvey’s uncommonly fine editorial intelligence. At Liveright in New York, a revived imprint at W. W. Norton, Fear Itself has benefited from extraordinary editorial care. Bob Weil is an editor without equal. Guided by historical learning and distaste for infelicitous prose, he read every line more than once and, to the profit of my readers, heavily marked the script. Bob identified Carol Edwards as the best possible, tough-minded copyeditor. Her professional skill further honed its prose and worked to ensure exactness in its references. Bob has been ably assisted by Philip Marino in the book’s early stages and Will Menaker as it moved through production toward publication. Further, Roby Harrington nudged the manuscript along, both as a friend and as a Norton editor who loves books.
My sweetest supporters are my wonderful family. I dedicate this book to Deborah Socolow Katznelson and her ever-expanding bounty. Ever since we met as undergraduate Young Democrats at the House of Representatives in January 1964, her loving and critical intelligence has deeply shaped all that I do. We share enormous pride in our children, Jessica, Zachary, Emma, and Leah, their spouses Brad, Isabel, Yosi, and Josh, and our growing brood of grandchildren, so far including Rachel, Nathan, Cleo, Azai, and Ezra. Nothing matches these satisfactions. Our growing family continues to offer gifts of affection, energy, and circumstance that support my authorial ambitions. I wish I knew how to say a proper thank you.
CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND
July 2012
PHOTOGRAPH CREDITS
p. 3: Women supporting Franklin Roosevelt teaching other women how to vote, 1935 (Kheel Center for Labor Management Documentation & Archives, Cornell University)
p. 26: Swastika-adorned Hindenburg flying over New York City, May 6, 1937 (Bettman/Corbis)
p. 29: Breadline established by “White Angel” philanthropist in San Francisco, 1933 (National Archives)
p. 58: General Italo Balbo’s “Cruise of the Decade” arriving in New York, July 19, 1933 (Bettman/Corbis)
p. 96: President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s first inaugural address, March 4, 1933 (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
p. 130: Women demonstrating for segregation, Poolesville, Maryland, 1956 (Reprinted with permission of the D.C. Public Library, Star Collection © Washington Post)
p. 133: African-American Movie Theater, Leland, Mississippi Delta, 1939 (Library of Congress, LC-DIG-ds-01351)
p. 156: Antilynching banner hanging from the office of the NAACP, New York City, 1938 (NAACP collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress 046.00.00, Courtesy of the NAACP Digital ID # ppmsca-09705)
p. 195: U.S. Army soldier casting his vote, 1944 (University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections, SOC3523)
p. 224: Crowd awaiting the arrival of Adolf Hitler at the Berlinparade to celebrate the Austrian Anschluss, March 16, 1938 (AKG Images)
p. 227: “Interior of Scroll Case at Norris Dam,” Tennessee Valley Authority tunnel, 1936 (FDR Library)
p. 276: Isolationist sentiment at antiwar protest, 1941
p. 317: Evacuees of Japanese ancestry waiting to board buses to the War Relocation Authority Center in Manzanar, California, April 1, 1942 (National Archives)
p. 364: Women supporting the Democratic Party ticket of Adlai Stevenson and John Sparkman, 1952 (International Ladies Garment Workers Union Photographs, Kheel Center for Labor Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell
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