Acknowledgments
Foreword by George Plimpton
Introduction by Arlen J. Hansen

Part I: The Three Beginnings

1. The Harjes Formation
2. Richard Norton and the American Volunteer Motor-Ambulance Corps
3. A. Piatt Andrew and the American Ambulance Field Service

Part II: Works and Days

4. Under Fire
5. En Repos
6. The Cars

Part III: The End of Something

7. Politics, Motives, and Impressions
8. Some Female Drivers and Other Noteworthy Volunteers
9. Militarizing the Gentlemen Volunteers

Epilogue

Before Arlen J. Hansen died of cancer on August 12, 1993 he worked diligently to finish this book, although often in a great deal of pain. His family and friends supported him throughout, and after his death continued to see that the work was published.

The following organizations and people are to be specifically recognized as extremely helpful in the creation of this book: The Hoover Institution Archives, The American Field Service Archives and Museum, The Houghton Library of Harvard University, The National Archives Washington, D.C., The University of the Pacific Library, and The Bancroft Library at the University of California, Berkeley. I am also very grateful for their insight and expertise, to Alan Albright and to William L. Foley, who has also generously contributed photographs and documents from his matchless collection.

A special thanks to Charles, Jeff, Jim, John, Katie, Kip, Laura, and Tess for their counsel, readings, and rewritings of the manuscript. I am greatly indebted to Dick Seaver, Arcade's publisher, who was most helpful to Arlen and now to me, and also to senior editor Tim Bent, who was always encouraging.

Lynn Hansen

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