{"title":"Eli Clifton","description":"\u003cp\u003eEli Clifton offers incisive explorations into the complexities of global politics and power structures. His works critically examine influence and diplomacy, shedding light on the often hidden mechanisms that shape international affairs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect thorough, thought-provoking analyses that challenge conventional narratives, written with clarity and a commitment to uncovering deeper truths within the realm of \u003cem\u003ePolitics \u0026amp; Current Affairs\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"israels-lobby-by-ian-lustick-9781668210840","title":"Israel's Lobby","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIsrael's Lobby\u003c\/em\u003e offers an unflinching exposé of Israel's lobby, showing how its outsized influence works against our national interests and threatens our freedom.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe greatest story in geopolitics and in American domestic affairs is how the far-right government of a small Middle Eastern country came to hold a controlling interest in United States foreign policy. Israel’s lobby is now in a position to police the speech of American politicians, college students, and journalists, and coerce and persuade the White House to back unpopular, costly, and ultimately national security-threatening policies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the Biden administration’s unwillingness to bring American leverage to bear an end to genocidal violence that only harmed our national security interests, to the Trump administration’s role in lifting the parole restrictions on a spy who had sold vital government secrets, American subservience to its putative client state, Israel, is a vivid and vexing example of the tail wagging the dog.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIsrael’s Lobby\u003c\/em\u003e combines investigative journalism and political science to tie together the stories of American and Israeli oligarchs capturing the policymaking process in successive presidential administrations and the geopolitical, national security, and domestic consequences of American foreign policy effectively sold to the highest bidder.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEli Clifton and Ian Lustick explain how shifts in global politics, Israel’s lurch to the extreme right, and the evisceration of American campaign finance laws make the influence of Israel’s lobby more costly and more dangerous today than it ever was before. They detail why the lobby launched an antisemitism witch hunt to suppress opponents rather than attempt to defend Israel's policies, and how the Lobby not only distorts American policy but helps make Israel a “crazy” state.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIsrael’s Lobby\u003c\/em\u003e follows the money and lifts the veil on a seemingly unassailable feature of American politics, importantly detailing how we can unite around traditional American values and the importance of substantive debate to resist Israel-first vigilantism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68068882776300,"sku":"9781668210840","price":71.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781668210840-israel-s-lobby-1.jpg?v=1793819991"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/eli-clifton.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}