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The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy

by John J. Mearsheimer, Stephen M. Walt · 2006

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The Israel lobby is a loose coalition of right-wing individuals and organisations that actively works to shape U.S. foreign policy. Here, the authors claim that there is something deeply worrying about the Israel lobby's influence on U.S. foreign policy.

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21st century21st centuryMore like thisLess of thisMiddle EastMiddle EastMore like thisLess of thisIsraelIsraelMore like thisLess of thisUSAUSAMore like thisLess of this
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middle grade
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long · 484 pages

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