Kenneth Pollack
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Kennneth Pollack is a noted American expert on the Middle East. He has served in various governmental roles and has written several articles and books on the related areas.
Pollack was educated at Yale, earning a B.A. in 1988. He went on to MIT, where he earned a Ph.D. in 1996.
In government, Pollack has served in a variety of roles. From 1988 until 1995, he was analyst on Iraqi and Iranian military issues for the Central Intelligence Agency. He spent a year as Director for Near East and South Asian Affairs with National Security Council. In 1999, he rejoined the NSC as the Director for Persian Gulf Affairs. He also served two stints as a professor with the National Defense University
Outside of government, he worked for the Brookings Institution as their director of research. He previously worked for the Council of Foreign Relations as their director of national security studies. He has also published two books, both in 2002. The first, Arabs at War, looks at the actions and lack of effectiveness of six Arab nations in the years between World War II and the Persian Gulf War. The second, The Threatening Storm: The Case for Invading Iraq details the history of United States actions against Iraq since the Gulf War. He discusses the need to invade Iraq, and the possible ways of going about it. He has written numerous articles for publications such as the Atlantic Monthly and Foreign Affairs. He has also appeared on many mainstream media outlets, such as MSNBC.
Books
- Arabs at War: Military Effectiveness, 1948-1991, University of Nebraska Press, 2002, ISBN 0-8032-3733-2
- Threatening Storm: The Case for Invading Iraq, Random House, 2002, ISBN 0-3755-0928-3
- The Persian Puzzle: The Conflict Between Iran and American, Random House, 2004, ISBN 1-40000-6315-9
External links
- Biography from the Brookings Institution (http://www.brook.edu/scholars/kpollack.htm)