The Arab Lobby

The Invisible Alliance That Undermines America's Interests in the Middle East

Leesfragment
€13,99
  • From
  • “a
  • research
  • scholar
  • with
  • impeccable
  • academic
  • credentials
  • .
  • .
  • .
  • A
  • complete,
  • patient
  • catalogue
  • of
  • the
  • financial
  • details
  • of
  • Saudi
  • influence
  • peddling”
  • (National
  • Review).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.“Illuminates
  • the
  • dark
  • side
  • of
  • the
  • massive
  • and
  • largely
  • undemocratic
  • Arab
  • lobbying
  • efforts
  • to
  • influence
  • American
  • policy
  • with
  • regard
  • to
  • the
  • Middle
  • East
  • .
  • .
  • .
  • A
  • must-read.”
  • —Alan
  • M.
  • Dershowitz“In
  • a
  • pointed
  • response
  • to
  • John
  • Mearsheimer
  • and
  • Stephen
  • Walt’s
  • equally
  • scathing
  • The
  • Israel
  • Lobby
  • and
  • U.S.
  • Foreign
  • Policy
  • (2007),
  • Bard
  • goes
  • full
  • throttle
  • in
  • pursuit
  • of
  • what
  • he
  • sees
  • as
  • a
  • more
  • insidious,
  • if
  • less
  • vociferous
  • behind-the-scenes
  • lobby
  • by
  • the
  • masters
  • of
  • Gulf
  • oil
  • and
  • foes
  • of
  • Israel.”
  • —Kirkus
  • Reviews“A
  • seriously
  • and
  • timely
  • look
  • at
  • a
  • powerful
  • and
  • remarkably
  • under-studied
  • influence
  • on
  • U.S.
  • foreign
  • policy.”
  • —Tablet“Extraordinarily
  • well-researched
  • .
  • .
  • .
  • Bard
  • has
  • performed
  • a
  • valuable
  • service
  • with
  • his
  • book,
  • which
  • will
  • be
  • eye-opening
  • to
  • many,
  • even
  • among
  • friends
  • of
  • Israel,
  • who
  • are
  • not
  • aware
  • just
  • how
  • deep
  • and
  • long-lived
  • is
  • the
  • historical
  • animus
  • not
  • only
  • to
  • the
  • actions
  • of
  • the
  • Jewish
  • state
  • itself
  • but
  • also
  • to
  • the
  • very
  • idea
  • of
  • a
  • Jewish
  • state
  • at
  • all.” —Commentary
1 of 258
pro-mbooks3 : libris