Background
Norton, Augustus Richard was born on September 2, 1946 in Brooklyn.
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With Hezbollah's entry into the Lebanese government in 2009 and recent forceful intervention in the Syrian civil war, the potent Shi'i political and military organization continues to play an enormous role in the Middle East. Policymakers in the United States and Israel usually denounce it as a dangerous terrorist group and refuse to engage with it, yet even its adversaries need to contend with its durability and resilient popular support. Although Hezbollah's popularity has declined in many quarters of the Arab world, the Shi'i group--a hybrid of militia, political party, and social services and public works provider--remains the most powerful player in Lebanon. Augustus Richard Norton's Hezbollah stands as the most lucid, informed, and balanced analysis of the group yet written. This edition, with a new prologue and expanded afterword, analyzes recent momentous events--including Hezbollah's political performance in Lebanon, inconsistent responses to the Arab Spring, and recent military support of the al-Asad regime in Syria. Hezbollah is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the Middle East.
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Most policymakers in the United States and Israel have it wrong: Hezbollah isn't a simple terrorist organization--nor is it likely to disappear any time soon. Following Israel's war against Hezbollah in the summer of 2006, the Shi'i group--a hybrid of militia, political party, and social services and public works provider--remains very popular in the Middle East. After Lebanon tottered close to disaster, Hezbollah and its allies gained renewed political power in Beirut. The most lucid, informed, and balanced analysis of the group yet written, Hezbollah is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the Middle East. A new afterword brings readers up to date on Hezbollah's most recent actions.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/069114107X/?tag=2022091-20
Norton, Augustus Richard was born on September 2, 1946 in Brooklyn.
Bachelor in Political Science magna cum laude, University Miami, Florida, 1974. Master of Arts in Political Science, University Miami, Florida, 1974. Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science, University Chicago, 1984.
He is currently a professor of international relations and anthropology at the Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University. He is best known for his writing on Middle East politics, and as an occasional commentator on United States. policy in the Middle East. After being commissioned from the ranks in 1967, Norton served two combat tours in Vietnam as an airborne infantry officer
He later served as an unarmed United Nations observer with United Nations Truce Supervision Organization in southern Lebanon.
In 1981, he joined the faculty of West Point, where he became a professor of political science. He also taught West Point"s only anthropology course.
He retired in 1993 with the rank of colonel to join the faculty of Boston University. In 2006 he was an advisor the Iraq Study Group, also known as the Baker-Hamilton Commission.
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Member American Political Science Association, Council Foreign Relations, Middle East Studies Association (member committee on academy freedom, 2003-2006, chairman committee for public affairs since 2005), Columbia University Seminar on Middle East, Middle East Institute Columbia University, Conference Group on Middle East (co-founder), Boston Forum on the Middle East (co-founder, co-chair since 2005), Phi Kappa Phi, Pi Sigma Alpha.
Married Deanna Lampros, December 27, 1969. 1 child, A. Timothy.