Allan Stam, former US Special Forces Communications Specialist and professor of Political Science at the University of Michigan, gives insight on understanding the Rwandan Genocide. The event was at the University of Michigan's Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy on Wednesday, February 18, 2009. 4:00--5:30 p.m. in Annenberg Auditorium, 1120 Weill Hall.His previous work on war outcomes, war durations, mediation, and alliance politics appears in numerous political science journals including the American Political Science Review, International Security, and the British Journal of Political Science. He has received several grants supporting his work, including three from the National Science Foundation. His books include Win Lose or Draw (University of Michigan Press, 1996) and Democracies at War (Princeton University Press, 2002), The Behavioral Origins of War (University of Michigan Press, 2004). He received his Ph.D. from Michigan in 1993 and was the 2004 recipient of the ISA's Karl Deutsch award. Before completing his undergraduate degree at Cornell University.
