Researching Kathleen Christison
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![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 491 people with the Christison surname? In that year Christison was ranked number 3088 for popularity in the UK. |
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The name Kathleen means "From KATHERINE and LYNN" and is of Greek origin.
Records of Kathleen Christison on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Kathleen Christison and the Christison Genealogy
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![]() | Did you know that there are currently 399 people with the Christison surname in the UK? Christison is now ranked number 3665 for popularity in the UK. |
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Kathleen Christison
Kathleen (McGrath) Christison (born 1941) is an American political analyst and author whose primary area of focus is the IsraeliāPalestinian conflict.
For sixteen years, Christison worked as a political analyst for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Between 1963 and 1972, her work concentrated on Vietnam. The last seven years before her resignation from the agency in 1979 saw her work there centered on the Middle East; and according to Robert Dreyfuss's 2005 book Devil's Game: How The United States Helped Unleash Fundamentalist Islam (p.Ā 160), "Kathy Christison ... headed the CIA's Egypt desk from 1973 to 1977." Since leaving the CIA, Christison has worked as a free-lance author. She and her husband, Bill Christison, have gained recognition as vocal critics of Israel. Her articles have been published extensively by the Journal of Palestine Studies and CounterPunch as well as in the Electronic Intifada and Adbusters. She is also the author of two books: Perceptions of Palestine: Their Influence on U.S. Middle East Policy (1999 & 2001) and The Wound of Dispossession: Telling the Palestinian Story (2002).
Source: Kathleen Christison, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Christison
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