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Acknowledgments Because a book is a collaborative endeavor, I would like to thank those individuals whose hard work made this volume possible. First and foremost I am indebted to David Heidler, who invited me to take on this project. I hope that the final product meets his ex- pectations. The help of Greenwood’s very own Mike Hermann and Anne Thompson proved invaluable. Anne in particular went above and beyond the call of duty as she not only read the entire manu- script, but also tracked down many photographs that appear in the book. I am grateful for the assistance of David Nimri, the wizard of California State University, San Bernardino’s Information Technol- ogy Department. Thanks to his immense know-how of computers I was able to include the lithograph of Celedonio Jarauta in my essay on the U.S.-Mexican War, as well as the two lithographs of Mexico City in Daniel S. Haworth’s chapter. I found the latter images thanks to the help of my good friend in Mexico City, Helia Emma Bonilla Reyna Helia also put me in touch with María José Esparza, who kindly sent a photograph she had taken of the lithograph about the Battle of Tacubaya that also appears in Haworth’s chapter. In Peru the generous spirit of another dear friend, Judy Yong, as well as of Captain José Carlos Perales Wong and Colonel Man- uel Ríos Lavagna, the Director of Museums for the Peruvian army, merits my appreciation. Their efforts allowed me to enhance Bruce