American policy toward Israel
Subtitle: the power and limits of beliefs
By: Michael Thomas.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 253
ISBN-13: 9780415771467
Subjects: United States -- Military policy; United States -- Foreign relations -- Israel; Israel -- Foreign relations -- United States; United States -- Foreign relations -- 1981-1989; United States -- Foreign relations -- 1989-
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Explaining the extra-special relationship; title: The pro-Israel community prior to 1981; title: Pro-Israel policy networks; title: And the congressional playing field; title: Ronald Reagan: beliefs and policies; title: The AWACS sale: testing beliefs and political capabilities; title: The metamorphosis of the lobby, 1981-1988:; title: Strength and division; title: Reagan after AWACS: policy as the product of; title: Unexamined beliefs and political constraint; title: George H.W. Bush, James Baker and Israel; title: The loan guarantees: new equilibrium, old result; title: Conclusions; title: Epilogue: George W. Bush: the war leader and the true believers.