John J Mearsheimer is Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago and Stephen M Walt is Professor of International Affairs at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard.
<p> Controversial. --Terry Gross, Fresh Air, NPR<p> It could not be more timely. --David Bromwich, The Huffington Post <p> The strategic questions they raise now, particularly about Israel's privileged relationship with the United States, are worth debating. --David Remnick. The New Yorker <p> Ruthlessly realistic. --William Grimes, The New York Times <p> The argument they present is towering and clear and about time. --Philip Weiss, Mondoweiss.com <p> Mearsheimer, a political scientist at the University of Chicago, and Walt, on the faculty at Harvard, set off a political firestorm. --Jay Solomon, The Wall Street Journal.com <p> Promises controversy on a scale not seen since Samuel Huntington's Clash of Civilizations sought to reframe a new world order. --Stefan Halper, National Interest.com<p> Deals with Middle East policymaking at a time when America's problems in that region surpass our problems anywhere else . . . People are definitely arguing about it. It's also t