The Israel Lobby and US Foreign Policy - Hardcover

Mersheimer, John; Walt, Stephen

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0374177724 ISBN 13: 9780374177720

Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux, 2007

Synopsis

In a provocative new study, the authors describe how the remarkable level of material and diplomatic support that the United States provides to Israel is due to the influence of the Israel lobby, which has a far-reaching impact on America's foreign policy decisions throughout the Middle East.

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Review:

'A world of scholarly analysis, and it deserves to be taken seriously'
-- Dominic Sandbrook, Daily Telegraph

'Instead of celebrating America's power in the world or excoriating American hubris, Stephen Walt asks the critical questions.'
-- Michael Ignatieff

'[Mearsheimer] is an excellent critic of rival perspectives, exposing their weaknesses with real forensic flair. Admirably, he seems to be happiest when swimming against the prevailing tide of academic opinion' -- Adam Roberts, the Times Literary Supplement

There will be no peace in the Middle East until the United States faces its responsibilities there in a much more convincingfashion than it does today
-- Max Hastings, Sunday Times

`The Israel Lobby and US Foreign Policy brings out into the open a subject hitherto taboo in the US'
-- Tariq Ali

From the Publisher:

How a powerful American interest group has created havoc in the Middle East, betrayed Israel itself and now threatens an even more perilous future.

About this edition

• Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0374177724
• ISBN 13: 9780374177720
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 484