Description: In doing so, he presents an essential investigation of the ways in which legislators exert influence in foreign policy and adds new depth to the historiography of an important dynamic in postwar world politics.
Brief description: Kenneth Kolander is a contract historian. He was a 2018-2019 Fulbright Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Haifa in Israel.
Review Quotes:
Kenneth Kolander's book is a highly significant contribution to the literature on US decision-making and the 'special relationship' with Israel during the critical period from 1967 to 1975. This is groundbreaking work; Kolander places principal emphasis in his study on the role and influence of the legislative branch, shedding new light upon the US-Israel dyad and deepening our understanding of the formation of American policy in the Middle East.
--Zach Levey, author of Israel and the Western Powers: 1952-1960 and Israel in Africa: 1956-1976