ALFRED G. GERTEINY is Adjunct Lecturer of History at the University of Connecticut in Stamford. He has, over nearly four decades, offered undergraduate and graduate courses, conducted research, and lectured in many universities around the world. Beginning in 1973, following the terrorist attack on the Israeli Olympic team in Munich, he designed and led seminars on terrorism. He has been a longtime media commentator on the Middle East, Africa, terrorism, and U.S. foreign policy.