This unique volume intensively studies the nature and extent of USIsraeli relations, from 1948 through the Bush and Obama administrations. Leading experts in the field including Israeli and North American scholars from a variety of political perspectives contribute original essays on the principal political, religious, ethnic, military, economic, and juridical connections between the United States and Israel. Specific topics covered in this new book include: the pro-Israel lobby in the United States; the US Jewish community and its relations to Israel; evangelical Christians and Israel;...