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AcknowledgementsIn writing this book I have been helped—by getting either comments on parts ofthe manuscript, suggestions for further reading, or other forms of support—byMehdi Amineh, Melanie Comman, Robert Cox, Stephen Gill, Henk Houweling,René Hulst, Gerd Junne, Isam al-Khafaji, Samuel Knafo, Ans Kolk, Joyce andGabriel Kolko, Marcel van Maastrigt, Marianne Marchand, Arthur Mitzman,André Mommen, Arjen Nijeboer, Ronen Palan, Stephan Raes, Frank Schröder,Susanne Söderberg, Ellen Meiksins Wood and Hans van Zon. I also want tothank the two anonymous reviewers whose criticism forced me seriously torethink the original manuscript. Through the years, IR students in Amsterdamhave been a constant source of inspiration; earlier versions of the present studywere discussed by graduate students in the Research Centre for InternationalPolitical Economy, always to my benefit. In July 1997, I had the opportunity topresent an outline of chapter 5 to colleagues and students at the Social Faculty ofFrankfurt University, and of chapter 4 to an audience at Marburg University. Onboth occasions, I received valuable comments which I used in finalising themanuscript.I am also grateful to the editorial team at Routledge, in particular to MartinBarr and Goober Fox, for their efficient handling of the book and for valuablesuggestions. Most of all, I have to thank my friends and colleagues HenkOverbeek and Otto Holman for their close support and criticism as well asMagnus Ryner, who made important suggestions for recasting the original draft.It goes without saying that none of the above can be blamed for any remainingdeficiencies in the text, for which I alone am responsible. Unless statedotherwise, quotations from non-English-language sources have been translatedby myself.Permission to reproduce pictures herein is gratefully acknowledged fromBeeldrecht Amstelveen. Every effort has been made to contact copyrightholders, and apology is made for any inadvertent omissions. If anyacknowledgement is missing, it would be appreciated if contact could be madecare of the publishers so that this can be rectified in any future edition.