They knew they were right : the rise of the neocons /
Jacob Heilbrunn.
- 1st ed.
- New York : Doubleday, c2008.
- x, 319 p. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Prologue : now it can be told : Bush looks back -- Exodus -- Wilderness -- Redemption -- Return to exile -- Postscript : prophets unarmed.
Analyzes the history of neoconservatism and its largely Jewish origins, tracing the movement from its roots with anti-communist immigrants in the 1930s, through its triumph in the 1980s, to its decline with the Iraq War.
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Conservatism--History.--United States Political culture--History--United States--20th century. Conservatismo--Historia--Estados Unidos--Siglo XX.
United States--Politics and government--1945-1989. United States--Politics and government--1989- United States--Foreign relations--Islamic countries. Islamic countries--Foreign relations--United States. Estados Unidos--Política y gobierno--Historia--Siglo XX.