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Fallen Pillars: U.S. Policy Towards Palestine and Israel Since 1945
Fallen Pillars is a concise summary of the dramatic evolution of American policy towards Palestine and Israel over the past half century. It demonstrates how and why this evolution has been almost invariably in a direction closer to Israel, and how this has caused unintended strains and contradictions that, at times, have confused allies, aided enemies, and left many Americans unsure about U.S. policy. Of great interest to scholars, students, and all those interested in U.S. foreign policy, Fallen Pillars is a well-researched, highly readable, and coherent account of American influence in one of the most complex conflicts of our time.
- GenresIsrael
350 pages, Hardcover
First published August 1, 1995
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May 2, 2024
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Unfortunately, the thesis or conclusion of this book is not “Free Palestine”, but I suppose that can’t be helped. This book is centrist in the sense that it very accurately describes the history of European antisemitism driving the terror-settling process of Zionism, but couches its hopes in the so-called peace process begun by the Oslo accords. The book breaks down US-Israeli relations in the 20th century clinically, letting the reader get a glimpse into the mechanisms of US foreign policy. It’s essentially a time capsule now in a time when the obvious answer to the Palestine question is forcing its emergence on the world.
Pros: you’ll learn a lot (if you’re not a Palestine scholar)
Cons: gives too much credit to the bastard Americans, leaves me wanting more Palestinian history from their own perspective
Unfortunately, the thesis or conclusion of this book is not “Free Palestine”, but I suppose that can’t be helped. This book is centrist in the sense that it very accurately describes the history of European antisemitism driving the terror-settling process of Zionism, but couches its hopes in the so-called peace process begun by the Oslo accords. The book breaks down US-Israeli relations in the 20th century clinically, letting the reader get a glimpse into the mechanisms of US foreign policy. It’s essentially a time capsule now in a time when the obvious answer to the Palestine question is forcing its emergence on the world.
Pros: you’ll learn a lot (if you’re not a Palestine scholar)
Cons: gives too much credit to the bastard Americans, leaves me wanting more Palestinian history from their own perspective
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