In the Shadow of the Cold War: The Origins of the War on Terror

Activity Type: 
Lecture
Presenter: 
Professor Randy Law
Date: 
Thursday, January 17, 2013 - 12:00 to 13:30
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Location: 
4130 Posvar Hall
Contact Person: 
Maja Konitzer
Contact Phone: 
412-648-5085
Contact Email: 
global@pitt.edu
Cost: 
Free

Professor Randy Law (Birmingham-Southern College) explores how the United States' profound misunderstanding of international terrorism in the last two decades of the Cold War encouraged the rise of jihadism and shaped America's disastrous response to terrorism in the wake of 9/11.

UCIS Unit: 
Center for Russian East European and Eurasian Studies
Global Studies Center
Non-University Sponsors: 
World History Center