Fawaz A. Gerges is a professor of Middle Eastern Politics and International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). He is also the Director of the Middle East Centre at LSE.
On the ten-year anniversary of 9/11 , Oxford University Press released Gerges’ book, The Rise and Fall of Al Qaeda. Gerges’ newest book, published by Palgrave Macmillan is Obama and the Middle East: The End of America’s Moment? (May 2012).
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