John W. Rittinghouse, Ph.D., CISM

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Acknowledgments

I would like to dedicate this book to my dear wife, Naree. I would like to thank her for her infinite patience, for putting up with all of those occasions when I was buried in the construction of this book, for all of the hours she tolerated me sitting...