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Jerry Mark Silverman, American political science professor, consultant. Named to Alumni Hall of Fame, Claremont Graduate University, 2001. Member of Southern Political Science Association.

Background

Silverman, Jerry Mark was born on May 17, 1942 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Maury W. and Rose Silverman.

Education

Bachelor in Political Science, California State College, Long Beach, California, 1963. Doctor of Philosophy in International Government Relations, Claremont Graduate School & University Center, California, 1967.

Career

Senior planning advisor Development Alternatives Inc., Ethiopia, chief-of-party Indonesia, 1978—1981, Cairo, 1981—1982, senior development specialist, 1981—1983. Instructor, political science Central Washington State College, Ellensburg, 1965—1966. Foreign service research officer United States Agency for International Development, Vietnam, 1967—1968, consultant intermittent, 2000—2006.

Assistant professor, political science McMaster University, Canada, 1968—1972. Local government advisor Institute Public Administration, Vietnam, 1972—1973. Project specialist social science Ford Foundation Southeast Asia Regional Office, 1973—1975, Bangkok, 1975—1977.

Principal institutional development specialist Africa World Bank, 1983—1995, unit manager, east Asia and pacific Jakarta, Indonesia, 1995—1999, consultant intermittent, 2000—2003. Private practice Peru, 2002—2004, Savannah, Georgia, since 2004. Professor Savannah State University, since 2007.

Visiting fellow Harvard University, 1976, guest speaker, 2000, Duke University, 2002. Consultant intermittent Government United Kingdom & Northern Ireland Department International Development, 2000—2003, Asian Development Bank, 2000—2007.

Achievements

• Jerry Mark Silverman has been listed as a noteworthy political science profe

History of American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.

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Retailer based in the United States

This article is about the clothing retailer. For other uses, see American Eagle.

American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. is an American clothing and accessories retailer headquartered at SouthSide Works in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1977 by brothers Jerry and Mark Silverman as a subsidiary of Retail Ventures, Inc., a company that also owned and operated Silverman's Menswear. The Silvermans sold their ownership interests in 1991 to Sophia Price of Knoxville, Tennessee. American Eagle Outfitters is the parent company of Aerie, Unsubscribed and Todd Snyder.

American Eagle retails jeans, polo shirts, graphic T-shirts, boxers, outerwear, and swimwear. American Eagle targets male and female university and high school students, although older adults also wear the brand.

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A False Awakening

The National Interest, 2009

Although perhaps with different objectives in mind, analysts as different as Fareed Zakaria and s... more Although perhaps with different objectives in mind, analysts as different as Fareed Zakaria and special forces Major Jim Gant have recently argued that the time has come to make deals with the "tribes" in Afghanistan. However, two relatively recent attempts to make such deals further illustrate the almost certain strategic failure of that approach there. During October 2006, an agreement was reached between NATO and Taliban forces requiring both sides to withdraw and cease operations within a designated area of Musa Qala district in Helmand province. However, the Taliban soon complained that NATO had launched air strikes within the exclusion zone and proceeded to attack and occupy the district town until expelled by NATO forces almost a full year later. The re-occupation of the district town by British forces was followed during December 2007 by the public defection of a local chief-also variously described as a " tribal leader ," " former Mujahidin guerrilla " or " former Taliban commander "-who had also served as a former provincial governor for the Taliban in the 1990s. That defection was the result of prolonged and secret negotiations between a British political officer and the local chief, Mullah Abdul Salaam, with the expectation that he would bring "thousands of armed tribesmen…to fight alongside British forces" with him. Although he never delivered on that promise, Mullah Abdul Salaam was appointed governor of the district one month later. However, his relationship with the British quickly soured, and by June 2008 mutual accusations of incompetence or lack of political will were being publicly exchanged. Mullah Abdul Salaam accused the Afghan government and international community of lying and not doing anything to fulfill promise