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indebted to J. Richard Andrews for reading numerous drafts and offering suggested revisions. He also provided translations of Nahuatl passages as needed and provided the orthographic format I have adopted in dealing with the names of towns and peoples, as explained at greater length below. While I have not always followed his advice, I cannot overstate my indebtedness to him. |
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Although I had already conceived the basic ideas embodied in this work before I met Neil Goldberg, the shape of the book has been greatly altered by my conversations with him, his advice, and his considerable knowledge of military matters. I also owe thanks to Claudio Lomnitz-Adler for clarifying several aspects of this work that I had not thought through clearly, and to William Macdonald for help in dealing with roads. I am also indebted to Woodrow Borah and Edward N. Luttwak for pointing out several areas that needed clarification and elaboration and for providing guidance on a number of significant issues in the later stages of this work. I would also like to thank Debran Rowland for drawing the maps. And finally, I owe my wife, Debi, many thanks for reading drafts of the volume and offering editorial suggestions, as well as for putting up with considerable inconvenience during the writing of this book. |
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ROSS HASSIG
NEW YORK CITY |
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