ARCHIVED: Fawaz Gerges, History Faculty: SLC in the News
Fawaz Gerges, holder of The Christian A. Johnson Endeavor Foundation Chair in Middle Eastern Studies and International Affairs, reviews three books — Suicide Bombers in Iraq: The Strategy and Ideology Of Martyrdom By Mohammed M. Hafez, A Poisonous Affair: America Iraq, and the Gassing of Halabja By Joost R. Hiltermann and Merchant of Death: Money, Guns, Planes, and the Man Who Makes War Possible by Douglas Farah and Stephen Braun in the . The review addresses the question "How much of the war on terror is 'blowback' from U.S. policies?"