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Acknowledgments

I would like to thank Pamela Tamby, my assistant, for the tremendous work she has done, regarding both the content and the writing of the book. This book would never have existed without her.

I also express my gratitude to Émilie Rousset who stood with me for months and provided me with documentation. She gave this book its initial momentum.

I was fortunate to be surrounded by Pierre Hodgson and Emmanuel de Saint-Martin, two gifted men of letters. I thank both of them for the quality of their work and for their enlightened advice.

I would like to especially thank Guillaume Pannaud for encouraging me to write this book; Nicolas Bordas and Vincent Garel for their input; and Emmanuel André for his insights.

My appreciation goes to Nick Barham, Franck Besson, Djazia Boukhelif, Professor Bernard Charpentier, Fiona Clancy, Bert Denis, Pascal Dupont, Luke Eid, Fabien Gille, Shelby Hutchison, Charlotte Landes, Elizabeth Livio, Miguel Mantilla, Takamatsu Mitsuru, Juuso Myllyrinne, Jean-Marie Prénaud, Jean-François Reiser, Guillaume Schoos, and Jean-David Sichel.

I would like to thank my long-time friend, Nick Baum, for his invaluable contribution and for his unwavering support.

I would also like to thank our CEO, Troy Ruhanen, who by re-insisting on how strategic Disruption is for our network, has given this book its reason for being.

Last, but not least, I would like to thank Richard Narramore, my editor at John Wiley & Sons, for his advice on the overall structure of ...