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Anonymous Soldiers: The Struggle for Israel, 1917-1947

Thu, March 24, 2016
Dinner Program
Bruce Hoffman

Drawing from his recent book, Professor Hoffman wil chronicle the battles between Jews, Arabs, and the British that led to the creation of Israel.

Professor Bruce Hoffman is a professor at Georgetown University’s Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service where he is also the director of both the Center for Security Studies and of the Security Studies Masters of Arts Degree Program. He has been studying terrorism and insurgency for nearly four decades. Appointed by the U.S. Congress to serve as a commissioner on the Independent Commission to Review the FBI’s Post-9/11 Response to Terrorism and Radicalization, Professor Hoffman was a lead author of the commission’s final report.

Author of Inside Terrorism (2006), Hoffman’s most recent books include The Evolution of the Global Terrorist Threat: From 9/11 to Osama bin Laden’s Death (2014), and Anonymous Soldiers: The Struggle for Israel, 1917-1947 (2015) which is based on newly available documents from the British, Israeli, and U.S. Archives.

View Video: YouTube with Bruce Hoffman

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