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The Transparent Cabal - by Stephen J Sniegoski (Hardcover)

The Transparent Cabal - by  Stephen J Sniegoski (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>While it is generally understood that American neoconservatives pushed hard for the war in Iraq, this book argues that the neocons' goal was not the spread of democracy, but the protection of Israel's interests in the Middle East, demonstrating that neocon advice on Iraq was the opposite of conventional U.S. foreign policy.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>In <em>The Transparent Cabal</em>, Stephen J. Sniegoski, Ph.D., provides the key to understanding "neoconservatism," its<br /> meaning, and its influence as regards U.S. Middle East policy. Sniegoski's book is also an essential guide - both for concerned Americans and for people everywhere - to appreciating the concerns, aims, and pressure that U.S.<br /> policymakers face, as presented by a faction of neoconservatives in key foreign-policy circles.</p><p>Surveying the neoconservatives' statements, writings, and policy papers, alongside that of Israeli defense strategists from the far-right Likud party in Israel, Sniegoski illuminates, in 19 compact, persuasive chapters, the strategic roots and aims of the neoconservative Middle East policy. His conclusion is compelling and provocative. Neoconservative policy for the Middle East, Sniegoski maintains, is premised upon the perceived need to defend Israel from its potential enemies. And influential neoconservatives see American national interest in just those terms.</p><p>Whether this is right or wrong as U.S. policy, Sniegoski admits, is for the American people to answer. But first they have to know what the question is. If U.S. Middle East policy is not about the promotion of democracy or the defense of American interests, but rather about something else, it must be discussed and debated among those called upon to give blood and treasure in its pursuit. <em>The Transparent Cabal</em> is the hopeful beginning of that discussion and debate.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>"Sniegoski . . . broadens the inquiry into many areas that desperately need sunshine and clarity."<br /> --Philip Giraldi, former CIA officer and contributing editor, <em>The American Conservative</em></p><p>" . . . a must read for anyone horrified by the disastrous course [neoconservatives] have set for U.S. policy."<br /> --Kathy and Bill Christison, former CIA officials</p><p>"Sniegoski succeeds admirably in documenting the corrosive influence of the well-financed neoconservative lobby and its selling of a one-sided foreign policy to the Bush-Cheney administration."<br /> --Rodrigue Tremblay, Ph.D., emeritus professor of economics and author of <em>The New American Empire</em></p><p>" . . . required reading for all who wish to learn how American foreign policy has been hijacked, and who wish to reclaim it before it leads toanother Middle East catastrophe."<br /> --James C. Russell, Ph.D., author of <em>Breach of Faith: American Churches and the Immigration Crisis</em></p><p>" . . . devoted to saving the United States from an even worse mistake than its attack on Iraq. Patriots informed by this book will not be tricked into support of neocon war plans."<br /> --Virginia Deane Abernethy, Ph.D., Professor Emerita of Psychiatry (Anthropology), Vanderbilt University School of Medicine</p><p>"[The] book contributes to an eventual [Iraq war] post mortem by laying out present-day politics that should be public knowledge."<br /> --James Kalb, New York City lawyer and writer</p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><strong>Stephen J. Sniegoski</b> is the author of many articles on political philosophy, World War II, communism, and the American war in Iraq. His essay "Neoconservatives, Israel, and 9/11: The Origins of the U.S. War on Iraq" is included in the anthology <i>Neoconned! Again</i>. He holds his doctorate from the University of Maryland, where he studied American diplomatic history under Dr. Wayne S. Cole, whose papers are now part of the Hoover Presidential Library Research Collection. He lives in Adelphi, Maryland. <strong>Paul Findley</b> is a former congressman from Illinois and a cofounder of the Council for the National Interest, a Washington advocacy group. He is the author of <i>They to Dare Speak Out: People and Institutions Confront Israel's Lobby.</i> He lives in Jacksonville, Illinois. <strong>Paul Gottfried, PhD</b>, is the author of <i>Conservatism in America.</i> He lives in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania.

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