This blogpost aims to critique Israeli politics; the fact that it now reviews a very recently published book on a seemingly unrelated topic is only incidental to this purpose.  Although I did have a brief e-mail exchange with the book’s author, I have no personal agenda in promoting the book, and have neither requested, received, nor been offered any consideration to review the book (which I purchased using my own personal funds).

The book being reviewed is “Dr. Koop:  The Many Lives of the Surgeon General” by Nigel M. de S. Cameron, © 2025 University of Massachusetts Press, ISBN 978-1-62534-854-8.  The author, an accomplished academic, researcher, and writer on various topics, including medical ethics, found that nobody had written the comprehensive biography a man of Dr. C. Everett Koop’s accomplishments deserved, and sought to fill that void. Building upon his own personal interactions with Dr. Koop, Nigel M. de S. Cameron conducted diverse interviews and accessed thousands of documents worldwide, culminating in the recent tome.

The Surgeon General of the United States holds the equivalent military rank of Vice Admiral in the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps.  As Surgeon General from 1982 to 1989, Dr. Koop’s........

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