false <![CDATA[The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1188772226m/224127.jpg 224127 7 The Israel Lobby,” by John J. Mearsheimer of the University of Chicago and Stephen M. Walt of Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, was one of the most controversial articles in recent memory. Originally published in the 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. 217062 27 8 2007 The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy total:227|5:58|4:86|3:66|2:13|1:4| 227 862 528 65 224127 0374177724 9780374177720 219 62 The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy 3.80 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1188772226m/224127.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/224127.The_Israel_Lobby_and_U_S_Foreign_Policy 3 4 false Thu Jan 15 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 13 08:58:28 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 15 01:23:27 -0800 2009
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- Did not convincingly show that the lobby has driven U.S. Middle E...more...]]> 224127 0374177724 9780374177720 219 62 The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy 3.80 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1188772226m/224127.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/224127.The_Israel_Lobby_and_U_S_Foreign_Policy 5 1 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 21 14:15:25 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 21 14:18:04 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2583848 1 1 The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy 3.80 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1200986046m/2583848.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2583848.The_Israel_Lobby_and_U_S_Foreign_Policy 5 1 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 15 13:28:36 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 15 13:29:07 -0800 2008 more...]]> 224127 0374177724 9780374177720 219 62 The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy 3.80 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1188772226m/224127.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/224127.The_Israel_Lobby_and_U_S_Foreign_Policy 5 1 false Wed Jun 11 09:32:52 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 04 22:23:15 -0700 2007 Wed Jun 11 09:32:52 -0700 2008
Mearsheimer, a proponent of the Realist brand of IR theory is probably best known for his assertion that great powers act to achieve ...more...]]> 224127 0374177724 9780374177720 219 62 The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy 3.80 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1188772226m/224127.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/224127.The_Israel_Lobby_and_U_S_Foreign_Policy 5 1 false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Jan 04 09:50:59 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 04 10:50:06 -0800 2008 more...]]> 224127 0374177724 9780374177720 219 62 The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy 3.80 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1188772226m/224127.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/224127.The_Israel_Lobby_and_U_S_Foreign_Policy 3 1 false Sun Apr 27 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 24 07:02:14 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 19 06:54:40 -0700 2008 more...]]> 224127 0374177724 9780374177720 219 62 The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy 3.80 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1188772226m/224127.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/224127.The_Israel_Lobby_and_U_S_Foreign_Policy 4 1 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Apr 30 15:17:07 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 30 15:19:56 -0700 2008 3976405 0374531501 9780374531508 6 3 The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy 3.80 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255626750m/3976405.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3976405.The_Israel_Lobby_and_U_S_Foreign_Policy 3 0 false Wed May 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 20 13:10:59 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 03 17:06:15 -0700 2009 a priori assumptions and some of their conclusions, I believe that Mearsheimer and Walt have documented one of the most extensive and careful analyses of the Israel lobby's activities I've read. Their painstakingly notated narrative -- which contains over 100 p...more...]]> 224127 0374177724 9780374177720 219 62 The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy 3.80 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1188772226m/224127.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/224127.The_Israel_Lobby_and_U_S_Foreign_Policy 4 0 false Wed Jan 30 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 14 13:41:54 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 14 13:44:33 -0800 2009 more...]]> 224127 0374177724 9780374177720 219 62 The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy 3.80 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1188772226m/224127.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/224127.The_Israel_Lobby_and_U_S_Foreign_Policy 4 0 false Thu May 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 25 08:26:37 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 19 02:24:35 -0700 2009
The Israel/Palestine conflict is not playing out upon a rational stage; it's an unfolding human crises. Vanity, deceit and ...more...]]> 3976405 0374531501 9780374531508 6 3 The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy 3.80 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255626750m/3976405.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3976405.The_Israel_Lobby_and_U_S_Foreign_Policy 5 0 false Fri Oct 31 06:12:41 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 31 06:13:10 -0700 2008
First of all, the authors do not question that Israel has the right to exist within secure borders, or its right to lobby Washington for its interests, or that America should...more...]]> 224127 0374177724 9780374177720 219 62 The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy 3.80 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1188772226m/224127.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/224127.The_Israel_Lobby_and_U_S_Foreign_Policy 2 0 false Sun Oct 26 06:49:50 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 26 07:10:07 -0700 2008
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