NEIL KAGAN, editor, heads Kagan & Associates, Inc., a firm specializing in designing and producing innovative illustrated books. Recently, he edited Great Photographs of World War II, Smithsonian Civil War, and for National Geographic, as well as the best-selling Concise History of the World, Eyewitness to the Civil War, Atlas of the Civil War, The Untold Civil War, Eyewitness to World War II and The Secret History of World War II. Author STEPHEN G. HYSLOP has written several books on American history, including National Geographic's The Secret History of World War II, Eyewitness to World War II, Eyewitness to the Civil War, and The Old West. His articles have appeared in American History, World War II, and the History Channel Magazine. Consultant KENNETH W. RENDELL is the founder and director of the International Museum of World War II, which houses the world's most comprehensive collection of original artifacts and documents relating to the causes, events, and consequences of World War II.