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and its Enemies (Westview Press, 1999) and Legacy to the World: A Study o f
America's Political Ideas (Peter Lang, 1998). He currently is working on a book
for St. Martin’s Press: Former Presidents as Private Citizens, His Ph.D. is from
the University of Minnesota.
William Thompson is a professor of Public Administration at the University of
Nevada, Las Vegas. He received his B.A. and M.A. from Michigan State University,
and his Ph.D. from the University of Missouri. While his hobby of the past half
century is country music, his research specialty is the gambling industry. He has
written several books about the subject including his latest. Gambling in America:
An Encyclopedia (ABC-Clio, 2000).