They knew they were right
Subtitle: the rise of the neocons
By: Jacob Heilbrunn.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Doubleday
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 319
ISBN-13: 9780385511810
Subjects: Conservatism -- United States -- History; Political culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century; 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
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Now it can be told; title: Exodus; title: Wilderness; title: Redemption; title: Return to exile; title: Endnotes.