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The Israel lobby and U.S. foreign policy

  • 484 pages ยท about 8 hours
  • First published 2006
  • 21 editions

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1 About this book

Does America's pro-Israel lobby wield inappropriate control over US foreign policy? This book has created a storm of controversy by bringing out into the open America's relationship with the Israel lobby: a loose coalition of individuals and organizations that actively work to shape foreign policy in a way that is profoundly damaging both to the United States and Israel itself.

Israel is an important, valued American ally, yet Mearsheimer and Walt show that, by encouraging unconditional US financial and diplomatic support for Israel and promoting the use of its power to remake the Middle East, the lobby has jeopardized America's and Israel's long-term security and put other countries - including Britain - at risk.

Good for readers who want: politics and a long read.

  • Political activity
  • Politics
  • United states, politics and government
  • Middle east, foreign relations
  • Foreign relations
  • Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
  • Diplomatic relations
  • United states, foreign relations

2 About John J. Mearsheimer

Born 1947

John Joseph Mearsheimer (; born December 14, 1947) is an American political scientist and international relations scholar and professor at the University of Chicago.

Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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