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Advance praise: 'A unique perspective on the formulation of the steady and growing US support for Israel in the late twentieth century that detects previously unnoticed twists and turns in the narrative history, including fissures in the US-Israeli relationship when it seemed sturdy and elements of strength when it seemed shaky.' Peter Hahn, author of Missions Accomplished?: The United States and Iraq since World War I Advance praise: 'Eschewing more traditional approaches focusing on bilateral diplomacy and geopolitics, Mitelpunkt explores the symbolic roots of the special relationship between the United States and Israel and offers a provocative new explanation for the American love affair with Israel from the age of Eisenhower through the age of Reagan.' Douglas Little, author of Us versus Them: The United States, Radical Islam, and the Rise of the Green Threat Advance praise: 'This brilliant demonstration of the power of culture in international relations provides essential context for understanding Israel's exalted status in American politics today. Genuinely transnational, with rich research in US and Israeli sources, the book offers a chastening lesson in the emotional and imaginative ties that can supersede national interests.' Barbara Keys, author of Reclaiming American Virtue: The Human Rights Revolution of the 1970s Advance praise: 'Tracing the back-and-forth debates that unfolded between writers, filmmakers, diplomats, professors, cartoonists, and others - both in English and in Hebrew - Mitelpunkt thoughtfully reveals how thinking, dreaming, and arguing about Israel provided a way for intellectuals and policymakers of both nations to talk about citizenship, military service, and democracy in an age of persistent warfare.' Brooke L. Blower, author of Becoming Americans in Paris: Transatlantic Politics and Culture between the World Wars Advance praise: 'With subtlety and verve, Mitelpunkt carefully reconstructs the complex, ambivalent cultural politics of US-Israeli relations at a critical moment in their development. Deeply grounded in US and Israeli sources, connecting state and non-state actors, and possessing a keen sense of the ironies and costs of US-Israeli ties, Israel in the American Mind is transnational cultural history at its best.' Paul Kramer, author of The Blood of Government: Race, Empire, the United States and the Philippines Advance praise: 'Deeply researched, impressive in its scope, Israel in the American Mind is enlightening, dismaying, even at times amusing, but altogether a superb exploration of the vital and fraught relationship between Israel and America.' Andrew Rotter, Colgate University, New York

Advance praise: 'A unique perspective on the formulation of the steady and growing US support for Israel in the late twentieth century that detects previously unnoticed twists and turns in the narrative history, including fissures in the US-Israeli relationship when it seemed sturdy and elements of strength when it seemed shaky.' Peter Hahn, author of Missions Accomplished?: The United States and Iraq since World War I Advance praise: 'Eschewing more traditional approaches focusing on bilateral diplomacy and geopolitics, Mitelpunkt explores the symbolic roots of the special relationship between the United States and Israel and offers a provocative new explanation for the American love affair with Israel from the age of Eisenhower through the age of Reagan.' Douglas Little, author of Us versus Them: The United States, Radical Islam, and the Rise of the Green Threat Advance praise: 'This brilliant demonstration of the power of culture in international relations provides essential context for understanding Israel's exalted status in American politics today. Genuinely transnational, with rich research in US and Israeli sources, the book offers a chastening lesson in the emotional and imaginative ties that can supersede national interests.' Barbara Keys, author of Reclaiming American Virtue: The Human Rights Revolution of the 1970s Advance praise: 'Tracing the back-and-forth debates that unfolded between writers, filmmakers, diplomats, professors, cartoonists, and others - both in English and in Hebrew - Mitelpunkt thoughtfully reveals how thinking, dreaming, and arguing about Israel provided a way for intellectuals and policymakers of both nations to talk about citizenship, military service, and democracy in an age of persistent warfare.' Brooke L. Blower, author of Becoming Americans in Paris: Transatlantic Politics and Culture between the World Wars Advance praise: 'With subtlety and verve, Mitelpunkt carefully reconstructs the complex, ambivalent cultural politics of US-Israeli relations at a critical moment in their development. Deeply grounded in US and Israeli sources, connecting state and non-state actors, and possessing a keen sense of the ironies and costs of US-Israeli ties, Israel in the American Mind is transnational cultural history at its best.' Paul Kramer, author of The Blood of Government: Race, Empire, the United States and the Philippines Advance praise: 'Deeply researched, impressive in its scope, Israel in the American Mind is enlightening, dismaying, even at times amusing, but altogether a superb exploration of the vital and fraught relationship between Israel and America.' Andrew Rotter, author of Hiroshima: The World's Bomb

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Shaul Mitelpunkt is a Lecturer in US History at the University of York. Shaul obtained his B.A. in history at Tel Aviv University before moving to Chicago where he received his Ph.D. in history in 2013.

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