Robert Lowell Moore Jr., was born on October 31, 1925 in Boston, Massachusetts. He attended Middlesex School, Belmont Hill School and Harvard College. He published several novels using information gathered from travelling and his experiences as main ideas. In 1963 he joined the US Army Special Forces as a civilian with special permission from President John F. Kennedy, . He trained for almost a year and then went with the Special Forces to Vietnam. His experiences in Vietnam served as the background material for "The Green Berets" which was published in 1965. Other titles include "The French connection" and the Happy Hooker.
Deborah Schwartz-Kates is associate professor and chair of the musicology department at the University of Miami. Her research focuses on contemporary Argentine musics and national identity. She is the recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Pro Helvetia, and the Paul Sacher Stiftung in Basel, Switzerland.
John Koegel is professor of musicology at California State University, Fullerton. He investigates nineteenth- and twentieth-century Mexican, North American, and German American musical life, and music in California, particularly musical theater and music in the context of ethnicity and immigration.