Author Archive
Brian Glyn Williams
Professor of Islamic History, UMass Dartmouth
Dr. Brian Glyn Williams is tenured Full Professor of Islamic History at the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth and formerly taught at the University of London. He is author of 7 books on warfare, terrorism, and ethnicity in Islamic Eurasia based on his extensive fieldwork in war zones ranging from Kosovo and Bosnia to Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Kashmir. HIs latest book 'Counter Jihad. The American Military Experience in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria' (2018) was endorsed by former Central Command commander and CIA Director General David Petraeus as "A superb chronicle of the campaigns to counter Al Qaeda, the Islamic State, and their affiliates—by a student of, and participant in, those campaigns." This book has been adopted by various military and intelligence curriculums.
Dr. Brian Glyn Williams is tenured Full Professor of Islamic History at the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth and formerly taught at the University of London. He is author of 7 books on warfare, terrorism, and ethnicity in Islamic Eurasia based on his extensive fieldwork in war zones ranging from Kosovo and Bosnia to Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Kashmir. HIs latest book 'Counter Jihad. The American Military Experience in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria' (2018) was endorsed by former Central Command commander and CIA Director General David Petraeus as "A superb chronicle of the campaigns to counter Al Qaeda, the Islamic State, and their affiliates—by a student of, and participant in, those campaigns." This book has been adopted by various military and intelligence curriculums.
Defense
Who Really Defeated the Islamic State – Obama or Trump?
President Trump has claimed the Islamic State was completely defeated on his watch – but an analysis of government maps and other reports shows his administration did only half the work.
- Brian Glyn Williams, The Conversation