JAMES S. OLSON is Professor of History at Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas. He is the author of Historical Dictionary of the Vietnam War, Historical Dictionary of the New Deal (Greenwood Press, 1988 and 1985, respectively), Saving Capitalism, Winning is the Only Thing, and more than 50 articles in professional journals.

• Preface Historical Dictionary of European Imperialism Appendixes: Languages of the Former European Colonies and/or Spheres of Influence A Chronology of the European Empires Ocean Island Groups of the World Sources Index

JAMES S. OLSON is Professor of History at Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas. He is the author of Historical Dictionary of the Vietnam War, Historical Dictionary of the New Deal (Greenwood Press, 1988 and 1985, respectively), Saving Capitalism, Winning is the Only Thing, and more than 50 articles in professional journals.

• Preface Historical Dictionary of European Imperialism Appendixes: Languages of the Former European Colonies and/or Spheres of Influence A Chronology of the European Empires Ocean Island Groups of the World Sources Index

JAMES S. OLSON is Professor of History at Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas. He is the author of Historical Dictionary of the Vietnam War, Historical Dictionary of the New Deal (Greenwood Press, 1988 and 1985, respectively), Saving Capitalism, Winning is the Only Thing, and more than 50 articles in professional journals.

• Preface Historical Dictionary of European Imperialism Appendixes: Languages of the Former European Colonies and/or Spheres of Influence A Chronology of the European Empires Ocean Island Groups of the World Sources Index