About the Author
David W. Lesch is the Ewing Halsell Distinguished Professor of History at Trinity University. He is the author or editor of fourteen books, including Syria: The Fall of the House of Assad, The Arab-Israeli Conflict: A History, and The Middle East and the United States: History, Politics and Ideology (with Mark Haas).
Mark L. Haas is Professor of Political Science at Duquesne University. He is the author of The Clash of Ideologies: Middle Eastern Politics and American Security and The Ideological Origins of Great Power Politics, 1789–1989, and coeditor of The Middle East and the United States. His scholarly articles have appeared in such leading journals as International Security, International Organization, International Studies Quarterly, Security Studies, and The Review of Politics.
