In this significant new book, Vincent Auger uses the case of the neutron bomb to examine
the development of a dynamic theory of foreign policy analysis during the Carter
Administration. The neutron bomb episode, Auger argues, provides a unique opportunity for
an analysis of the evolution of internal executive branch decision making. Because the
author uses interviews and declassified documents from the Carter Presidential Library
which were previously unavailable, this book fills an important gap in the scholarship on the …

More Israelis than ever accept the idea of a Palestinian state, yet more Israelis than ever
also favor a more hawkish security policy; more Israelis than ever accept the Oslo Accords,
yet more Israelis also view them as a threat to their security. Those looking to sort through
the mixed signals of Israeli public opinion on security and the peace process should begin
with Asher Arian's Security Threatened. An authoritative and exhaustive study by one of the
pioneer and premier scholars in the field, the book is sweeping in scope and judicious in its …