The Israel Lobby and US Foreign Policy - How a powerful American interest group has created havoc in the Middl

Informationen zum Autor John J Mearsheimer is Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago and Stephen M Walt is Professor of International Affairs at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard. Klappentext For several decades America's foreign policy in the Middle East and elsewhere has operated under a single, overwhelming principle: support for Israel. What jeopardises both the United States' and Israel's national and strategic interests is not this support, but America's involvement with the Israel lobby: a loose coalition of right-wing individuals and organizations that actively work to shape US foreign policy. 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. Zusammenfassung Shows that by encouraging unconditional US financial and diplomatic support for Israel and promoting the use of its power to remake the Middle East, the pro-Israel lobby has jeopardized America's and Israel's long-term security and put other countries - including Britain - at risk.

Product details

• Authors: John J Mearsheimer, John J. Mearsheimer, Stephen M Walt, Stephen M. Walt
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 26.06.2008
• EAN: 9780141031231
• ISBN: 978-0-14-103123-1
• No. of pages: 484
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 196 mm x 29 mm
• Series: Penguin Pocketbooks; Penguin Pocketbooks
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA; Politik, Zeitgeschichte, Aussenpolitik, Lobby, Israel : Politik, Zeitgeschichte, USA, Israel, United States of America, USA, Pressure groups, protest movements and non-violent action