REVIEWS
"A provocative analysis of a serious problem that should be discussed and
debated widely among the U.S. public, academics, and the policy
establishment, this book succeeds in exposing in great detail the enormous
power and influence of Israel and the Jewish Lobby in shaping U.S. policy
toward the Middle East."
—Berch Berberoglu, Ph.D.
Professor of Sociology, University of Nevada, Reno
Author of Turmoil in the Middle East
“Once again James Petras takes us on a fearless truth trip—with lucid style,
tough factual blows, commanding research, and compelling analysis. This is
an eye-opening, must-read book for every advocate of democracy and every
opponent of imperialism.”
—Michael Parenti,
author of The Culture Struggle and Superpatriotism
“An outstanding analysis of the political machinery responsible for so much
suffering in the Middle East: the social science equivalent of John Adam´s
opera “Klinghoffer”. Brilliant and substantive”.
John Saxe-Fernandez,
Professor and Senior Researcher, Faculty of Political Science National
Autonomous University of Mexico and leading world authority on US foreign
policy and the oil industry
”Jim Petras has been one of the few courageous individuals, in or outside of
academia, to take a critical view of the pro-Israel lobby and its influence over US
Middle East policy and to challenge the “conventional wisdom” on the part of the
Left that Israel acts as a “cop on the beat” and is simply serving America’s
imperial interests.”
Jeff Blankfort,
A leading Jewish authority, writer and critic in the US on the pro-Israel Lobby
“Jim Petras is one of the best informed political scientists of his generation, not
given to avoiding difficult issues. Here he addresses one such, which he
tackles in a characteristically challenging way.”
Tom Brass, Editor
The Journal of Peasant Studies, Cambridge University
“Always meticulously researched and full of insight, in the final analysis Petras’
opinions are almost always vindicated by events. I believe that this will be the
case here.”
—Cy Gonick,
Canadian Dimension magazine
“Jim Petras, a man with vast expertise assembled in Latin America, takes the
Leftist anti-imperialist discourse one step further, beyond safe condemnation of
American imperialism.He begins where Chomsky and Zunes stop. In this
book, Petras turns to the Middle East, where he discovers, through the haze of
anti-Muslim polemics, assassinations and tortures, the identity of the decisive
factor: that of “Jewish power shaping US policy in the Middle East against the
interest of Big Oil”.
Petras’ critique of “soft Left” with its fear to alienate wealthy and influential
Jewish supporters is a breath of fresh air; this critique has to be internalised if
the Left wills to regain its place in society.”
Israel Shamir, Jaffa
Leading Russian-Israeli intellectual, writer, translator and journalist
The UK Daily Telegraph listed James Petras as #59 in its list of America's
100 most influential liberals
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