Mitchell Geoffrey Bard

Mitchell Bard is the Executive Director of the nonprofit AMERICAN-ISRAELI

COOPERATIVE ENTERPRISE (AICE) and one of the leading authorities on U.S.-

Middle East policy. Dr. Bard is also the director of the

Jewish Virtual Library (www.JewishVirtualLibrary.org), the world's most

comprehensive online encyclopedia of Jewish history and culture.

Dr. Bard has appeared on the BBC, Fox News, al-Jazeera, NBC, CBC, the

Jenny Jones Show and other local and national television and radio

outlets. His work has been published in academic journals, magazines and

major newspapers. He has written and edited 22 books. His newest

book is Israel Matters: Understand the Past - Look to the Future. He has also

written:

The Arab Lobby: The Invisible Alliance that Undermines America's Interests in the Middle East

Israel Studies: An Anthology (coeditor with David Nachmias)

Will Israel Survive?

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Middle East Conflict (4th edition)

48 Hours of Kristallnacht

The Founding of Israel

The Complete Idiot's Guide to World War II

Myths And Facts: A Guide to the Arab-Israeli Conflict

1001 Facts Everyone Should Know About Israel

Forgotten Victims: The Abandonment of Americans in Hitler's Camps

The Holocaust (Turning Points in World History)

The Nuremberg Trials (At Issue in History)

The Nuremberg Trials (Eyewitness to History)

From Tragedy to Triumph: The Politics Behind the Rescue of Ethiopian Jews

The Complete History of the Holocaust

The Water's Edge And Beyond: Defining the Limits to Domestic Influence on U.S. Middle East Policy

Partners for Change: How U.S.-Israel Cooperation Can Benefit America

U.S.-Israel Relations: Looking to the Year 2000

Building Bridges: Lessons For America From Novel Israeli Approaches To Promote Coexistence

On One Foot: A Middle East Guide for the Perplexed or How to Respond on Your Way to Class When Your Best Friend Joins an Anti-Israel Protest

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Understanding the Brain

Bard holds a Ph.D. in political science from UCLA and a master's degree in public policy from

Berkeley. He received his B.A. in economics from the University of California at Santa Barbara.