false 131161 0 0 224127 0374177724 9780374177720 62 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1188772226m/224127.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1188772226s/224127.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/224127.The_Israel_Lobby_and_U_S_Foreign_Policy 3.76 225 London Review of Books in March 2006, it provoked both howls of outrage and cheers of gratitude for challenging what had been a taboo issue in America: the impact of the Israel lobby on U.S. foreign policy.  Now in a work of major importance, Mearsheimer and Walt deepen and expand their argument and confront recent developments in Lebanon and Iran. They describe the remarkable level of material and diplomatic support that the United States provides to Israel and argues that this support cannot be fully explained on either strategic or moral grounds. This exceptional relationship is due largely to the political influence of a loose coalition of individuals and organizations that actively work to shape U.S. foreign policy in a pro-Israel direction. Mearsheimer and Walt provocatively contend that the lobby has a far-reaching impact on America’s posture throughout the Middle East—in Iraq, Iran, Lebanon, and toward the Israeli-Palestinian conflict—and the policies it has encouraged are in neither America’s national interest nor Israel’s long-term interest. The lobby’s influence also affects America’s relationship with important allies and increases dangers that all states face from global jihadist terror.  Writing in The New York Review of Books, Michael Massing declared, “Not since Foreign Affairs magazine published Samuel Huntington’s ‘The Clash of Civilizations?’ in 1993 has an academic essay detonated with such force.” The publication of The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy is certain to widen the debate and to be one of the most talked-about books of the year.</DIV>]]> 115612 3.74 325 81 131161 3.72 274 71 2007 422870 0393329194 9780393329193 4 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174604113m/422870.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174604113s/422870.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/422870.Taming_American_Power_The_Global_Response_to_U_S_Primacy 3.37 27 Finalist for the 2006 Gelber Prize: "A brilliant contribution to the American foreign policy debate."—Anatol Lieven, New York Times Book Review

At a time when America's dominance abroad was being tested like never before, Taming American Power provided for the first time a "rigorous critique of current U.S. strategy" (Washington Post Book World) from the vantage point of its fiercest opponents. Stephen M. Walt examines America's place as the world's singular superpower and the strategies that rival states have devised to counter it. Hailed as a "landmark book" by Foreign Affairs, Taming American Power makes the case that this ever-increasing tide of opposition not only could threaten America's ability to achieve its foreign policy goals today but also may undermine its dominant position in years to come.]]> 131161 3.72 274 71 2005 1035668 0801494184 9780801494185 2 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180400649m/1035668.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180400649s/1035668.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1035668.The_Origins_of_Alliances 3.20 10 131161 3.72 274 71 1990 270869 0801482976 9780801482977 0 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173304034m/270869.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173304034s/270869.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/270869.Revolution_and_War 4.00 3 131161 3.72 274 71 1997