Authors:Stefan Halper, Jonathan Clarke,
Publisher: Cambridge University Pre
Keywords: order, global, conservatives, neo, america
Number of Pages: 382
Published: 2004-06-21
List price: $35.00
ISBN-10: 0521838347
ISBN-13: 9780521838344

This book explores how George W. Bush’s election, and the fear and confusion of September 11th combined to allow a small group of radical intellectuals to seize the reins of US national security policy. It shows how, at this ’inflection point’ in US history an inexperienced president was persuaded to abandon his campaign pledges and the successful consensus-driven, bi-partisan diplomacy that managed the lethal Soviet threat over the past half century, and adopt a neo-conservative foreign policy emphasizing military confrontation and ’nation-building.’ To date, the