Neoconservatism

by Irwin Stelzer (Editor)

In America a small group of thinkers, known as "neoconservatives," stands accused of hijacking the nation's foreign policy, converting it from a multilateralist nation that relies on persuasion into a unilateralist country relying exclusively on military power to achieve its aim of installing pro-American, democratic regimes in the Middle East and, eventually, in Africa and other unstable regions of the world. Their critics call the neocons "democratic imperialists" in pursuit of unachievable goals. This book contains pieces Tony Blair; Robert Kagan; Condoleezza Rice; George Will; Jeane Kirkpatrick; Charles Krauthammer; Adam Wolfson; Irving Kristol; Jacob Heilbrunn; William Kristol; Margaret Thatcher; David Brooks; Max Boot; George L. Kelling; Kenneth Weinstein; Joao Carlos Espada; James Q. Wilson; Karlyn Bowman; and Michael Gove.

Genres: Politics, Nonfiction

Paperback

First published October 14, 2004

Reviews

[Will James · Rating 4 out of 5]

An emcompassing collection of essays and speeches that really sheds light on neo-conservativism, making clear how broad and diverse 'neo-con' opinion is, rather than simply a narrow, conspiratorial cabal of right-wing nutters it is frequently made out to be.