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neoconservatism

4 thinkers, books, and ideas connected to this field.

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Bill Kristol

American political commentator — founder and editor of The Weekly Standard (1995–2018) — son of Irving Kristol — former Chief of Staff to VP Dan Quayle — who has become one of the most prominent Never Trump Republicans.

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Midge Decter

American editor and author — wife of Norman Podhoretz — who wrote some of the most pointed cultural criticism of 1970s feminism from a conservative perspective — editor at Basic Books and other publishers.

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Norman Podhoretz

American editor and intellectual — editor of Commentary magazine (1960–1995) — founding father of neoconservatism — author of Making It (1967) and Breaking Ranks (1979) — who transformed Commentary from a Jewish intellectual journal into the flagship publication of the neoconservative movement.

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Paul Wolfowitz

American diplomat and political scientist — Deputy Secretary of Defense under Bush (2001–2005) — World Bank President (2005–2007) — one of the primary architects of the Iraq War decision — who resigned from the World Bank amid a nepotism controversy.

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