They Knew They Were Right
The Rise of the Neocons
$39.99
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
6 January 2009
Summary
From its origins in 1930s Marxism to its unprecedented influence on George W. Bush’s administration, neoconservatism has become one of the most powerful, reviled, and misunderstood intellectual movements in American history. But who are the neocons, and how did this obscure group of government officials, pundits, and think-tank denizens rise to revolutionize American foreign policy?
Political journalist Jacob Heilbrunn uses his intimate knowledge of the movement and its members to wri…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781400076208 |
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| ISBN-10: | 140007620X |
| Author: | Jacob Heilbrunn |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Random House Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 6 January 2009 |
| Weight: | 239g |
| Dimensions: | 18mm x 132mm x 203mm |
| Series: | Anchor Books |
Critics Review
“A fast-paced, edgy profile of the intellectuals whose views about Islam and the Middle East came to dominate foreign policy after 9⁄11.” —Chicago Tribune“Persuasive, wide-ranging… . Heilbrunn takes a long, nuanced measure of the neocon policy revolution.” —The New York Observer“Excellent… . Heilbrunn adroitly surveys the movement’s history from the Trotskyist alcoves of the City College cafeteria up to the present day.” —The New York Review of Books“Thorough … fair… . They Knew They Were Right will fit nicely on the rapidly expanding shelf explaining Iraq.” —The Washington Post
Jacob Heilbrunn
Jacob Heilbrunn is frequent contributor to the Los Angeles Times editorial page, where he also writes opinion pieces. He was previously a senior editor at The New Republic and an editor at The National Interest. He has written for The New York Times, The New York Review of Books, the Washington Monthly, the American Prospect, Commentary, and the Weekly Standard. He was a 1997 Japan Society Fellow and a 1994 Arthur F. Burns Fellow in Germany. He has a B.A. from Oberlin College and an M.A. from Georgetown University.
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