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Understanding the Political, Historical, and Spiritual Roots of the U.S.-Israel Relationship
As it happens, the Jews don’t control American foreign policy.
Walter Russell Mead
Walter Russell Mead is a distinguished fellow at Hudson Institute, professor of foreign affairs and humanities at Bard College, and editor-at-large of the American Interest. His books include Special Providence: American Foreign Policy and How It Changed the World (2004), God and Gold: Britain, America, and the Making of the Modern World (2007), and The Arc of a Covenant: The United States, Israel, and the Fate of the Jewish People (forthcoming 2017).
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