Background
David Lesch was born on September 14, 1960 in Baltimore, Maryland, United States, into the family of Warren R. and Margaret M. Lesch.
Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
David Lesch studied at Harvard University, where he earned a Master of Arts in 1986 and a Ph D. in 1990.
College Park, MD 20742, USA
David W. Lesch received a Bachelor of Arts at the University of Maryland in Baltimore County in 1983.
(Based on unique and extraordinary access to Syria’s Presi...)
Based on unique and extraordinary access to Syria’s President Bashar al-Asad, his circle, and his family, this book tells Syria’s inside story.
https://www.amazon.com/New-Lion-Damascus-Bashar-al-Asad/dp/0300109911/?tag=2022091-20
2005
(In this timely book, David Lesch―one of the only Westerne...)
In this timely book, David Lesch―one of the only Westerners well acquainted with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad―sheds new light on the ophthalmologist-turned-tyrant and how his regime has failed his country.
https://www.amazon.com/Syria-Fall-House-Assad-Updated/dp/0300197225/?tag=2022091-20
2012
(Beginning in late 2010, peaceful protests against entrenc...)
Beginning in late 2010, peaceful protests against entrenched regimes unexpectedly erupted in a number of Arab countries, causing political upheaval across the region. Through contributions from noted scholars, The Arab Spring provides a comprehensive overview of the causes, key issues, and aftermath of these events.
https://www.amazon.com/Arab-Spring-Hope-Reality-Uprisings/dp/0813349745/?tag=2022091-20
2016
(Carefully edited by David W. Lesch and Mark L. Haas, this...)
Carefully edited by David W. Lesch and Mark L. Haas, this text provides a broad and authoritative understanding of the United States’ involvement in the Middle East.
https://www.amazon.com/Middle-East-United-States/dp/0813350581/?tag=2022091-20
2018
(Whether filtered through the media or through the classro...)
Whether filtered through the media or through the classroom, the Arab-Israeli conflict has become a pervasive - and often misunderstood - subject of our contemporary cultural landscape. In this compelling new edition of The Arab-Israeli Conflict, widely respected scholar David W. Lesch presents the most balanced and accessible account of the conflict.
https://www.amazon.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict-David-W-Lesch/dp/0190924950/?tag=2022091-20
2018
(In this incisive book, internationally renowned Syria exp...)
In this incisive book, internationally renowned Syria expert David Lesch takes the reader on an illuminating journey through the last hundred years of Syrian history – from the end of the Ottoman empire through to the current civil war.
https://www.amazon.com/Syria-History-David-W-Lesch/dp/1509527524/?tag=2022091-20
2019
David Lesch was born on September 14, 1960 in Baltimore, Maryland, United States, into the family of Warren R. and Margaret M. Lesch.
David W. Lesch received a Bachelor of Arts at the University of Maryland in Baltimore County in 1983. After that he studied at Harvard University, where he earned a Master of Arts in 1986 and a Ph. D. in 1990.
David W. Lesch is the Ewing Halsell Distinguished Professor of History in the Department of History at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas. He is also the author or editor of 15 books and overall has over 130 publications. Among his books are the following - Syria: A Modern History; The Arab-Israeli Conflict: A History; Syria: The Fall of the House of Assad; The New Lion of Damascus: Bashar al-Asad and Modern Syria; 1979: The Year That Shaped the Modern Middle East; his popular edited volume, first published in 1996, The Middle East and the United States: History, Politics and Ideologies; his co-edited two-volume work (with Mark Haas), The Arab Spring: Change and Resistance in the Middle East and The Arab Spring: The Hope and Reality of the Uprisings; and Syria and the United States: Eisenhower’s Cold War in the Middle East.
He is currently working on an interpretive history book for Oxford University Press tentatively entitled, The Middle East from the Prophet Muhammad to the Present. He has also published numerous articles in leading journals, chapters in books, and essays in such noted publications as The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Financial Times, The Boston Globe, Foreign Policy, CNN, and Time Magazine.
Dr. Lesch has consistently met with and advised high level officials in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, and the United Nations on diplomatic issues. He has frequently testified in front of Senate and House committees. Dr. Lesch has been quoted in over 500 newspapers and magazines worldwide. He has appeared frequently on national and international television and radio programs such as CNN, ABC, PBS Newshour, MSNBC, CNBC, Fox News, Al-Jazeera, NPR, and the BBC, and he has appeared in over a dozen documentaries, including those for The History Channel, the BBC, Frontline on PBS, and film productions by studios/news organizations in France, Germany, Denmark, and Turkey.
Lesch is on the board of or an advisor to a number of organizations involved in Middle East affairs, including the Syrian Studies Center (St. Andrews University, Scotland), the Damascus Foundation, and Cure Violence (Washington, DC). As a Senior Advisor to the Abraham Path Initiative (API), Dr. Lesch has spearheaded attempts to establish the API in Syria and Lebanon. The API is an ambitious multinational project sponsored by Harvard University to construct a touristic walking trail throughout the Middle East in order to enhance cross-cultural dialogue and understanding and economic development.
Dr. Lesch also initiated and developed the Harvard University-NUPI-Trinity University Syria Research Project, funded by the governments of Norway and Switzerland. He led a team of researchers in 2012 - 2013 to meet with most of the leading players involved in the Syrian civil war that began in 2011. The data provided necessary insights into the dynamics of the conflict in order to formulate possible pathways toward conflict resolution. He completed in the Fall 2013 an 850-page Final Report for the project and presented his findings at the highest levels in Europe, the US and at the UN. He completed Phase 2 of the project in 2016, Trinity partnering in this phase with Conflict Dynamics International (CDI). It was funded by the government of Denmark.
Currently he is involved in the next phase of his diplomatic engagement in Syria, working with CDI and The Carter Center (TCC) in the TCC-TU-CDI Syria Initiative. He met regularly with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad between 2004 and 2009, in part as an attempt to improve US-Syrians relations. He was also the #1 draft pick of the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1980 winter baseball draft and played in the minor leagues before a rotator cuff injury ended his career.
(In this incisive book, internationally renowned Syria exp...)
2019(In this timely book, David Lesch―one of the only Westerne...)
2012(Whether filtered through the media or through the classro...)
2018(Beginning in late 2010, peaceful protests against entrenc...)
2016(Based on unique and extraordinary access to Syria’s Presi...)
2005(Carefully edited by David W. Lesch and Mark L. Haas, this...)
2018David W. Lesch married an analyst named Suzanne V. on June 14, 1986. They have a son Michael E. Lesch.