The book’s value lies in its attempt to map what is often either exaggerated into conspiracy or dismissed as inconsequential. Mearsheimer and Walt situate Israel’s advantage not in hidden machinations but in the openly accessible levers of American lobbying culture, amplified by historical narratives and cultural sympathies. This is a reminder that influence in Washington rarely comes from shadowy back rooms but from sustained, legal, and well-funded engagement over decades. The more effective the lobby, the more its goals inevitably permeate bipartisan foreign policy assumptions, to the point where they are rarely questioned.