Peter Duus (1933–2022) was the William H. Bonsall Professor of History Emeritus at Stanford University and a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution. Ramon H. Myers (1929–2015) was a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution. Mark R. Peattie (1930–2014) was professor emeritus of history at the University of Massachusetts, Boston, and a research fellow at the Hoover Institution.