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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825922403321

Autore

Murray Douglas <1979->

Titolo

Neoconservatism : why we need it / / Douglas Murray

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Encounter Books, 2006

ISBN

1-282-48790-6

9786612487903

1-59403-344-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (272 p.)

Disciplina

320.52

Soggetti

Conservatism

Conservatism - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-242) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Neoconservatism in theory -- Neoconservatism in practice -- Relativism and the Iraq war -- Neoconservatism for America.

Sommario/riassunto

NeoConservatism: Why We Need It is a defense of the most controversial political philosophy of our era. Douglas Murray takes a fresh look at the movement that replaced Great-Society liberalism, helped Ronald Reagan bring down the Wall, and provided the intellectual rationale for the Bush administration's War on Terror. While others are blaming it for foreign policy failures and, more extremely, attacking it as a Jewish cabal, Murray argues that the West needs Neoconservatism more than ever. In addition to explaining what Neoconservatism is and where it came from, he argues that this Am