Edward George Kunz is a doctoral student in Diplomatic History at the Ohio State University. His advisors are Dr. Joseph Parrott and Dr. Peter Hahn. Edward focuses on the diplomatic relationship between the United States and Israel throughout the twentieth century with a particular interest in the relationship between power, economics, and diplomacy. His dissertation topic concerns the diplomacy conducted between President Ronald Reagan and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin during the 1982 Lebanon War.