Daily Archives: May 7, 2020

The Samson Option: Israel’s Nuclear Arsenal and American Foreign Policy

Here are some highlights from this 1992 book by Seymour Hersh: * America’s most important military secret in 1979 was in orbit, whirling effortlessly around the world every ninety six minutes, taking uncanny and invaluable reconnaissance photographs of all that … Continue reading

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Why Leaders Lie: The Truth About Lying in International Politics

Here are some highlights from this 2011 book by John J. Mearsheimer: * I argue that there are sometimes good strategic reasons for leaders to lie to other countries as well as to their own people. International lying, in other … Continue reading

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