Batkay


William M. Batkay, Ph.D
Political Science Department

DI 207

Office Hours Spring 2005:   TR 2:30-4:00pm

[973]-655-4238
E-mail: batkaywatmaildotmontclairdotedu



a shlekhter sholem iz besser vi a guter krig.
A bad peace is better than a good war.
(Yiddish proverb)
COURSES-----SPRING 2004
          POLS 100 Introduction to Politics                                                TR  11:30AM-12:45PM
          POLS 201-01 Comparative Politics                                             TR  10-11:15AM
          POLS 201-03 Comparative Politics                                              R    2:30-5PM
          POLS 202 International Relations                                                 TR  8:30-9:45AM

COURSES-----SUMMER 2004
         POLS 203 International Organizations                                           MTWR 9AM-12:25PM

 COURSES-----FALL 2004
          POLS 201 Comparative Politics                                                   TR 10-11:15AM 
          POLS 201 Comparative Politics                                                   TR 1-2:15PM
          POLS 202 International Relations                                                 TR 11:30-12:45PM
          POLS 316 Cont. West European Politics                                      TR 8:30AM-9:45PM

COURSES-----SPRING 2005
         POLS 100-03 Introduction to Politics                                             TR 11:30am-12:45pm
         POLS 201-01 Comparative Politics                                                TR 10-11:15am
         POLS 201-02 Comparative Politics                                                TR  2:30-3:45pm     
         POLS 203-01 International Relations                                              TR  8:30-9:45am
CURRICULUM VITAE 
RESOURCES ON  ISLAM, TERRORISM AND OSAMA BIN LADEN
ISLAM:
           Overview of Islam Today
           Islam
           Islam and Extremism
           The Taliban
           Islam and the West
           Islam and the West II
           PBS-Islam: Empire of Faith

TERRORISM/COUNTER-TERRORISM:
           Terrorism
           More Information and Links on Terrorism
           Counter-Terrorism Links
           US State Department: Patterns of Global Terrorism 2000
           Terrorists: Rational Fanatics
           Why is America hated?
           Evolution of Islamic Terrorism: Overview
           http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2002/cfr/

OSAMA BIN LADEN:
           Who is Osama Bin Laden?
           Bin Laden profile II
           1999 Bin Laden interview
           Time.com--Osama Bin Laden
           His organization: al-Qaeda
           The Evidence Against Bin Laden

RECOMMENDED BOOKS ON ISLAM, AFGHANISTAN AND THE TALIBAN
        Karen Armstrong, Islam: A Short History
        Rudyard Kipling, Kim
        Peter Marsden, The Taliban: War, Religion and the New Order in Afghanistan
        Sayed Askar Mousavi, The Hazaras of Afghanistan
        ??, Politics and Government in Islam
        Ahmed Rashid, Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia
        Olivier Roy, Afghanistan: From Holy War to Civil War
            "        "   , The Failure of Political Islam
        Barnett Rubin, The Fragmentation of Afghanistan

RELIABLE BOOKS  ON THE BACKGROUND TO THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT

Fouad Ajami, Dream Palace of the Arabs
Mitchell Bard, Myths and Facts: a Guide to the Arab-Israeli Conflict
Albert Hourani,  A History of the Arab Peoples
Bernard Lewis, The Middle East: A Brief History
Benny Morris,  The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem, 1947-1949
Tom Segev, One Palestine, Complete
Mark Tessler,  A History of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

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