Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-244) and index.
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Explaining the extra-special relationship -- The pro-Israel community prior to 1981 -- Pro-Israel policy networks and the congressional playing field -- Ronald Reagan : beliefs and policies -- The AWACS sale : testing beliefs and political capabilities -- The metamorphosis of the lobby, 1981-1988 : strength and division -- Reagan after AWACS : policy as the product of unexamined beliefs and political constraint -- George H.W. Bush, James Baker and Israel -- The loan guarantees : new equilibrium, old result -- Conclusions -- Epilogue : George W. Bush : the war leader and the true believers.