The Israel Lobby and US Foreign Policy - Hardcover

Mearsheimer, John J; Walt, Stephen M

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9781846140075: The Israel Lobby and US Foreign Policy

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1846140072 ISBN 13: 9781846140075

Publisher: Allen Lane, 2007

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Mearsheimer and Walt have finally said what has been clear to many for years: there is something deeply worrying about the Israel lobby’s influence on US foreign policy. By encouraging unconditional US support for Israel and promoting the use of American power to remake the Middle East, the lobby has jeopardized America’s own national interest. Preventing the United States from playing a more constructive role in the region has also undermined Israel’s own long-term security and put the interests of other countries - including Great Britain - at risk.

The Israel Lobby and US Foreign Policy is a work that speaks directly to one of the central foreign policy challenges of today. The Middle East seems set to remain a deeply troubled arena for at least another generation: this book helps explain why this is the case and what needs to be done to encourage a lasting peace.

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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.

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