A talk by foreign correspondent and investigative reporter Reese Erlich
"A Reporter's First Hand Report: Assad, ISIS, Obama and US Middle East Policy"
Monday, November 3, 2014
2-3:30 pm
Konover Auditorium (Dodd)
Sponsored by Humanities House and Middle East Studies
Foreign Correspondent and investigative reporter Reese Erlich discusses his new book Inside Syria: the Backstory of Their Civil War and What the World Can Expect, published by Prometheus Books and distributed by Random House. Foreword by Noam Chomsky.
Erlich recently returned from northern Iraq where he interviewed displaced Yazidis, peshmerga fighters and US diplomats. He will discuss the growing influence of extremist rebel groups and why the US bombing campaign will hurt both Americans and people of the region. Erlich has covered the Middle East for almost 30 years, reported from Syria five times and visited all its neighboring countries.
For more information, contact: Stephen Dyson / Political Science at stephen.dyson@uconn.edu