The Arab Lobby - The Invisible Alliance That Undermines America s Interests in the

Informationen zum Autor Mitchell Bard is an authority on U.S.-Israel relations and has written or edited more than twenty books, including 48 Hours of Kristallnacht: Night of Destruction/Dawn of the Holocaust ; Will Israel Survive? ; and The Water's Edge and Beyond: Defining the Limits to Domestic Influence on U.S. Middle East Policy . He has a doctorate from UCLA, with a specialty in American politics and international relations. Klappentext The so-called Israel lobby has been widely denounced and demonized in the global media, but as Mitchell Bard reveals, its power pales in comparison to the decades-long corruption of American interests by Arab governments. Indeed, for more than seventy years, U.S. policy in the Middle East has been shaped not by the power of a nefarious “Israel lobby” but by a misguided emphasis on pleasing and placating the Arab states. This outlook has ensured that the United States pays disproportionate attention to their demands, assisting Arab countries—all of them dictatorial regimes with abysmal human rights records—that do not share our values and often work to subvert our interests. In this authoritative history, Bard provides a timely and valuable corrective to the unbalanced view of Middle East affairs that is so widely promoted today. Bard shows that the Arab Lobby’s goals include feeding America’s oil addiction, obtaining more sophisticated weaponry, and weakening our alliance with a democratic Israel. It also seeks to influence public opinion through a well-funded publicity campaign and by injecting distorted views of the Middle East into high school and college textbooks. Bard’s valuable book brings a much-needed balance to a debate fraught with ignorance and propaganda. Zusammenfassung While critics claim that a nefarious Israel Lobby dictates U.S. policy in the Middle East, the Arab Lobby in this country is older, richer, and more powerful than the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). The Arab Lobby   is the first book in more than 25 years to investigate the scope and activities of this diffuse yet powerful network. Author Mitchell Bard courageously explores the invisible alliance that threatens Israel and undermines America’s interests in the Middle East. ...

Product details

• Authors: Mitchell Bard, Bard Mitchell
• Publisher: Harper Collins Usa
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.12.2011
• EAN: 9780061725975
• ISBN: 978-0-06-172597-5
• No. of pages: 432
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 203 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Islam, Israel, International Relations, History of Religion, Political Economy, Diplomacy, United States of America, USA, Religion and Politics, Central / national / federal government, Regional, state and other local government, HISTORY: Middle East / Israel & Palestine, HISTORY: Middle East / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS: Finance / General, RELIGION: Islam / History, POLITICAL SCIENCE: American Government / State, POLITICAL SCIENCE: American Government / National, RELIGION: Religion, Politics & State, POLITICAL SCIENCE: International Relations / General, Finance and the finance industry