BIO:
William R. Polk, the distinguished, historian, professor, policy official and expert on diplomacy and foreign affairs, has published thirteen books, including Backdrop to Tragedy:  The Struggle for Palestine, The U.S. and the Arab World, and Violent Politics, a History of Insurgency.  His most recent book, just released, is Understanding Iran. (Palgrave Macmillan, October 2009).   A graduate of Harvard  (B.A. and Ph.D) and Oxford (B.A. and M.A.).  Polk taught Middle Eastern politics and history at Harvard  and was a Professor of History at the University of Chicago.  He  served on the Policy Planning Council of the State Department under President Kennedy.  Polk is the founder of the Middle East Studies Association and is currently the Senior director of the W.P. Carey Foundation.

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