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-\documentclass[twoside]{book}
+\documentclass[9pt, twoside]{extbook}
 \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
 \usepackage{amsmath}
 \usepackage{amssymb}
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 \tableofcontents
 
+\chapter*{A Note from the Typesetter}
+
+I originally found this by on Project Gutenberg and was immediately struck by its uniqueness. The United States military has a history of publishing documents that are both interesting and useful—the Army Survival Manual (FM 2-05.70) being perhaps the most well known.\footnote{It is easily available on the internet.}
+
+I was at once struck by how useful some of this information is, and how quaint and outdated other parts of it are. If we are to face another war against fascists (and the probability of that seems to be increasing every week), this document is in need of a comprehensive upgrade. 
+
+I decided to convert it to \LaTeX{} for two reasons. 
+
+\begin{enumerate}
+	\item I wanted to gain more experience with typesetting books in \LaTeX{} using the \texttt{book} class, and as a short book, this seemed ideal.
+	\item The original typography was questionable in places, particularly with regard to nested lists. This seems reasonable; the booklet was originally produced during wartime with presumably limited resources.
+\end{enumerate}
+
+In typesetting this as a book, I have not altered the text, but I have introduced some heading to make the nested lists consistent. I have made note of these items in footnotes.
+
+As far as I can tell, this document was declassified on 16 June 1976.\footnote{Three days after my eighth birthday.}
+
+\bigskip
+
+\begin{adjustwidth}{2.5in}{0in}
+\begin{flushright}
+Kenneth John Odle \\
+Typesetter 
+\end{flushright}
+\end{adjustwidth}
+
+
+
 
 \chapter{Introduction}