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hope never to travel that exact path again. One minor consolation is the thought  Mershon. While the postdoc did not, alas, lead imminently to the book’s publi- 
that perhaps such a confounding subject matter somehow deserved an especially  cation, that year offered an invaluable opportunity to do much of its necessary 
long period of gestation. I can also say that the final product is better poised than  groundwork. During my stay in Columbus, Rick Herrmann, Ted Hopf, Jennifer 
earlier versions to deliver an unconventional theorization of emotion to a broad  Mitzen, and John Mueller all provided advice, feedback, and/or support; Srdjan 
audience. In retrospect, the project almost certainly would have progressed more  Vucetic offered some excellent comments on an earlier draft of chapter 4; and Anja 
quickly had I reached out for more feedback along the way. I am very grateful to  Jetschke and Zach Zwald supplied an extraordinarily engaging cohort of fellow fel- 
Janice Gross Stein and Neta Crawford, both of whom endured reading a bumpy  lows. I owe a very large debt to my colleagues down the road in Athens. The De- 
manuscript and offered provocative challenges and generous suggestions for  partment of Political Science at Ohio University has been a wonderful home, and I 
smoothing it out, and to David Pervin, who took a leap of faith in shepherding the  am grateful to my colleagues for their good humor, generosity, and profes- 
project along at the University of Chicago Press. I am also grateful to Christie  sionalism. John Gilliom offered sage advice during the external review process at
Henry and Shenny Wu at the Press for their help in David’s absence, and to  Chicago, and Deena Proffitt and Nina Sharpe have provided outstanding adminis- 
Therese Boyd for her very thorough copyediting work.  trative support at every stage. Rob Briscoe, Susan Burgess, Maria Fanis, Judith 
I sincerely hope the book still bears some traces of the vibrant intellectual  Grant, Jim Mosher, Kathleen Sullivan, Taka Suzuki, Myra Waterbury, Patty Weits- 
community from which it once sprang: the Political Science Department at Johns  man, and Julie White have also variously provided friendship, conversation, and 

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Hopkins University. I owe a great debt to Siba Grovogui, both for his keen insight  professional guidance along the way. 
and intellectual provocations as a supervisor and for his good humor and support  The book has benefited from the many panels, talks, conversations, and e-mails 
as a friend. I am grateful also to Bill Connolly for his guidance and still regard his  shared with friends and colleagues in the broader academic community. For ongo- 
seminars as unrivaled machines for intellectual creativity. I only hope Sibagro and  ing advice, encouragement, and substantive challenges, I thank Janice Bially Mat- 
Bill can find traces of their influence somewhere in these pages. I also thank the  tern; I only hope the book does justice to the support and insight Janice has gener- 
many other faculty members who provided feedback and guidance at different  ously shared. I am also especially grateful to Todd Hall; my collaborations with 
stages, especially Jane Bennett, Mark Blyth, Jennifer Culbert, Dan Deudney, Niloo-  him, albeit works in progress, have had more impact on me than he might think. I 
far Haeri, and Ruby Lal. I am grateful also to the many fabulous grad students with  consider myself fortunate to have crossed intellectual paths with Ian McNeely—or, 
whom I shared ideas, hopes, and fears (and drinks) while in Baltimore: Erin Ack-  more accurately, that he took the initiative and had the extradisciplinary reach to 
erman, Jen Baggot, Kelly Barry, Jacquie Best, Blake Ethridge, Harry Gould, Dan  cross over to my wobbly path at several stages to offer invaluable feedback. Maria 
Levine, Matt Moore, Patrick Peel, Smita Rahman, Indira Ravindran, Nick Tampio,  Fanis has been a great friend, mentor, and interlocutor, and I hope the book, which 
and Lars Tønder.  she has not yet read, might lead to many more conversations to come. I am also 
The book is largely a product of my career in the great swing state of Ohio. I was  thankful to the many scholars I have met at talks, workshops, and conferences, 
fortunate to spend 2007–8 as a postdoctoral fellow at the Mershon Center for In-  some of whom have even pushed through my reserved awkwardness with profes- 
ternational Security Studies at Ohio State University. I am still grateful that Alex  sional networking: Jean-Marc Coicaud, François Debrix, Jenny Edkins, Tuomas 
Wendt read an article I had written as a graduate student, had the intellectual gen-  Forsberg, Nick Onuf, Brent Sasley, Brent Steele, Mira Sucharov, Geoff Whitehall, 
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