PETER DAVIS is the author of two previous books, Where Is Nicaragua? and Hometown. He was an Emmy and Peabody Award-winning writer/producer for CBS News and has written for numerous magazines and newspapers including Esquire, The New York Times Magazine, The Nation, the Los Angeles Times, and The Boston Globe. His films include the Academy Award-winning documentary Hearts and Minds and the Emmy Award-winning biography of John F. Kennedy, "Jack."