At this lively forum, participants heard our speaker discuss the topic in-depth. Points covered during this presentation included:

• What causes terrorist behavior in the Middle East?
• Is there such a thing as state terrorism?
• What lessons from recent history can we learn to help contain terrorism?

Our speaker was Lawrence Davidson, a Professor of History at West Chester University whose specialization is the history of American relations with the Middle East. Davidson, who has traveled extensively in the region, is the author of several books including "America's Palestine: Popular and Official Perceptions from Balfour to Israeli Statehood" (University Press of Florida, 2001) and "Islamic Fundamentalism" (Greenwood Press, 2008). He is also the co-author, with Arthur Goldschmidt, of "A Concise History of the Middle East" (Westview Press, 2006, 8th edition).