Michael Bellesiles is a retired professor living in Connecticut (USA) and the author of ten books. Larry Portis, radical and prolific sociologist and historian, was, at the time of his death, a retired Professor of American Civilization at the Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier 3 and a member of its research unit EMMA, E741. Joseph Zitomersky ; an historian, is a retired Associate Professor of American Civilization at the Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier 3 and a member of its research unit EMMA, EA 741.