About the book: 2014 / We present to the reader a book by the famous Israeli scientist Dr. A.D. Epstein is the first story in Russian-language, if not world, political science about real relations between Israel and the United States. Volumes have been written about this and so many speeches have been made at the highest level that only a very well-informed person who is not influenced by generally accepted dogmas and stereotypes can question the axiom “The United States is a reliable ally of Israel.” Dr. Epstein is exactly such a person, whose books are distinguished by rare scrupulousness in the selection of facts, lack of bias and careful work with sources. Honesty is a rare and valuable quality for a specialist dealing with the most pressing problems of our time. Combined with high professionalism, this is a rare quality. This is what makes Dr. Epstein’s work so important not only for the Russian-speaking reader.