The Neoconservatives - The Origins of a Movement: With a New Foreword, From Dissent to Political Power (Paperback, Reissue)

In 1979, Peter Steinfels identified a new movement and predicted it would be the decade's most enduring legacy to American politics. In a new Introduction he describes its evolution from a reaction to Sixties' social change into an entrenched political force promoting an assertive, even belligerent, foreign policy. More than three decades ago, in The Neoconservatives, Peter Steinfels described a nascent movement, predicting that it would be the sixties' "most enduring legacy to American politics." Now, in a new foreword to that portrait, he traces neoconservatism's fateful transformation. What was a movement of dissenting intellectuals creating a new, modern kind of conservatism became a phalanx of political insiders urging the nation to flex its muscles overseas. The Neoconservatives describes the founders of the movement, disenchanted liberals recoiling from the turmoil of the sixties, a decline in authority, and a loss of tough-minded leadership at home and abroad. Written contemporaneously to the birth of a movement that would profoundly mark American history, The Neoconservatives holds clues, Stein-fels argues, to how and why neoconservatism swerved from its original promise even as it successfully implanted itself as an influential and aggressive element in our politics. This is a landmark book, "an important contribution to understanding the influence of ideas on American politics" (Congress Monthly).

General

Imprint:	Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	November 2013
First published:	November 2013
Authors:	Peter Steinfels
Dimensions:	213 x 140 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	384
Edition:	Reissue
ISBN-13:	978-1-4767-2883-4
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > General Promotions
LSN:	1-4767-2883-6
Barcode:	9781476728834

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