A deeply important book for anyone who cares about Israel."-President Bill Clinton "A probing, courageous, and timely book... Beinart offers a forceful exposition of American apprehensions about Israel's path.... Marks a significant evolution in the debate over Israel."-Jacob Heilbrunn, The Atlantic In Israel, the deepening occupation of the West Bank is putting Israeli democracy at risk. And in the United States, the refusal of major Jewish o...
The influence of human economies and cultures on ecosystems is particularly striking in the new worlds into which Europeans have expanded over the past five hundred years. Using a comparative and multidisciplinary approach, Beinart and Coates examine this neglected aspect of the history of settler incursion and dominance in two frontier nations, the USA and South Africa. They also seek to explain change in indigenous ideas and practices toward...
Israel ist die einzige etablierte Demokratie im Nahen Osten, doch die fortdauernde Besetzung und illegale Besiedlung der 1967 eroberten Gebiete hinterlassen ihre Spuren. Peter Beinart zeigt in diesem Buch, warum sich immer weniger junge amerikanische Juden mit Israel identifizieren. Er schildert den Zusammenstoß zwischen Obama und Netanjahu über die Nahostpolitik der USA und beschreibt das Versagen der amerikanischen jüdischen Organisationen, ...
Peter Beinart's provocative account of hubris in the American century describes Washington on the eve of three wars: World War I, Vietnam, and Iraq—three moments when American leaders decided they could remake the world in their image. Each time, leading intellectuals declared that the spread of democracy was inevitable. Each time, a president held the nation in the palm of his hand. And each time, a war conceived in arrogance brought tragedy....
