Michael Thomas

American Policy Toward Israel (eBook, ePUB)

The Power and Limits of Beliefs

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Explains the institutionalization of nearly unconditional American support of Israel during the Reagan administration, and its persistence in the first Bush administration in terms of the competition of belief systems in American society and politics.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Juni 2007
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135983444
• Artikelnr.: 38446629

Autorenporträt

Michael Thomas is a former military lawyer and civilian litigator who is concerned with the formulation of American policy in the Middle East. He holds a PhD in International Relations from the London School of Economics, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Explaining the Extra-Special Relationship 2. The Pro-Israel Community
Prior to 1981 3. Pro-Israel Policy Networks and the Congressional Playing
Field 4. Ronald Reagan: Beliefs and Policies 5. The AWACS Sale: Testing
Beliefs and Political Capabilities 6. The Metamorphosis of the Lobby,
1981-1988: Strength and Division 7. Reagan after AWACS: Policy as the
Product of Unexamined Beliefs and Political Constraint 8. George H.W. Bush,
James Baker and Israel 9. The Loan Guarantees: New Equilibrium, Old Result
10. Conclusions. Epilogue: George W. Bush: The War Leader and the True
Believers