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Two Professors Fail To Clean Up Their Act

Submitted by Elliott A Green, Aug 29, 2007 10:18

Thanks are due to Ira Stoll for an excellent analysis of the Walt-Mearsheimer propaganda tract. Stoll has composed what the French call "une explication de texte."

It's an interesting detail that Farrar, Straus, & Giroux is owned by Holtzbrinck.


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this issue is very interesting, as is the discussion of the book in the article. i personally think that there... [MORE]

Thomas Jamieson 

Sep 16, 2007 06:53

The emergence of a frank and open public discussion of U.S. - Israeli relations should be viewed not as an... [MORE]

DPWalker 

Sep 14, 2007 09:56

I think we have freedom of speech in the US. It is healthy to stop for a moment and question... [MORE]

Subhi AbuAbbas 

Sep 7, 2007 19:10

For a lobbying organization or special interest group to be truly effective, it must be largely invisible. By working behind... [MORE]

Fredric Dennis Williams 

Sep 3, 2007 10:28

I applaud the evenhandedness of Mr. Williams contribution and his patriotism. Having worked for AIPAC for a brief time in... [MORE]

Adam Lovinger 

Sep 4, 2007 13:45

Essentially, the situation that Mearsheimer and Walt describe is correct. Their critics -like the writer of this article- quibble over... [MORE]

Arthur G. Brina 

Aug 31, 2007 22:35

Your response to the article and book by Messrs. Mearsheimer and Walt once again exemplifies the proclivity of Israelis and... [MORE]

John Schwab 

Aug 30, 2007 22:23

The contrast of Ira Stoll's well crafted critique heightens the slovenly, lazy, and impoverished display of abilities of these two... [MORE]

Carolyn Barnett-Goldstein 

Aug 30, 2007 03:21

It's interesting that commentators are attempting to get the 2 professors fired for expressing their opinions. The are NOT saying... [MORE]

Steven Kammerer 

Aug 31, 2007 17:38

Israel should be taken to task for how they went into Lebanon. The world is going to find fault with Israel... [MORE]

Barbara 

Sep 1, 2007 21:00

I have read a number of reviews on the Walt- Mearsheimer book. This one gives special insight and we see... [MORE]

Shalom Freedman 

Aug 29, 2007 14:41

Thanks are due to Ira Stoll for an excellent analysis of the Walt-Mearsheimer propaganda tract. Stoll has composed what the...

Elliott A Green 

Aug 29, 2007 10:18

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