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Acknowledgments

A great many people and institutions helped me in important ways as I worked on this book (and its companion e-book, Liberal Oasis: The Truth About Israel).

Two dear friends, Peter Collier and Neal Kozodoy, marvelous editors for whom I’ve spent a good portion of my life writing, helped and counseled me every step of the way, and Peter also edited this book with his unfailing skill and insight.

The entire project was made possible by the kind and generous financial support I received from the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Paul E. Singer, the Gale Foundation, Roger Hertog, the Lisa and Michael Leffell Foundation, the World Affairs Institute, Elliot Hershberg, Malcolm Thomson, the Morris Weiser Family Foundation, David Schimel, Rebecca and Laurence Grafstein, Olivier Sarfati, Joseph Aiken, Samuel H. Solomon, David Angel, a couple of other generous individuals whom I wish I could name but prefer to keep their privacy. My friends Joshua Landes and Theodore N. Mirvis, in addition to each making generous gifts themselves, hosted a breakfast at which other funds were raised. My dear old buddy, James Denton, took the initiative of directing a grant to me even when I was reluctant to ask. The Emergency Committee for Israel underwrote a research trip I made to Israel. Last but far from least I want to say a special thank you to Dianne Sehler who has offered me encouragement and support for many years. I am deeply indebted to each of these individuals and organizations.

I am happy and honored to be a Fellow of the Foreign Policy Institute of the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) of the Johns Hopkins University, and I am grateful to Dean Vali Nasr, Executive Director Carla Freeman, and Program Administrator Kristine Kuehl Kunkel, as well as to the fine reference librarians at the SAIS library.

I was most fortunate to be able to call on the resourcefulness and diligence of two outstanding research assistants, Jared Sorhaindo and Moran Stern, and also the work of three interns, Ari Grazi, Hannah Elka Meyers, and Zach Novetsky.

I benefitted greatly in my knowledge and understanding of issues touched on in this book from conversations with, among others, Michael Allen, Shlomo Avineri, Joel Fishman, Abraham Foxman, Jeffrey Gedmin, Manfred Gerstenfeld, Tom Gross, Yossi Klein Halevi, Martin Kramer, Adam Levick, Michael Lewis, Noah Pollak, Steve Rosen, Rob Satloff, and Alexander Yakobson. My wonderful daughter, Madeline Muravchik, translated some French for me. Jennifer Burns, Eric Lee and Justus Reid Weiner provided or led me to materials that were helpful. Tony Badran and Badih Chayban went to pains to find and translate a speech from Arabic. Jamie Fly took solicitous interest in my progress. Thank you all.

And finally I want to thank Sally, my beloved wife of many years whose patience is the sine qua non of my books.

I am most grateful to each of these people and to any others whom my weakening memory has caused me to omit, for which I apologize deeply.