{"product_id":"the-neoconservatives-the-origins-of-a-movement-9781476728834","title":"The Neoconservatives: The Origins of a Movement","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn 1979, Peter Steinfels identified a new movement and predicted it would be the decade's most enduring legacy to American politics. In a new Introduction he describes its evolution from a reaction to Sixties' social change into an entrenched political force promoting an assertive, even belligerent, foreign policy.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMore than three decades ago, in \u003ci\u003eThe Neoconservatives\u003c\/i\u003e, Peter Steinfels described a nascent movement, predicting that it would be the sixties' \"most enduring legacy to American politics.\u003c\/b\u003e\" Now, in a new foreword to that portrait, he traces neoconservatism's fateful transformation. What was a movement of dissenting intellectuals creating a new, modern kind of conservatism became a phalanx of political insiders urging the nation to flex its muscles overseas. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Neoconservatives\u003c\/i\u003e describes the founders of the movement, disenchanted liberals recoiling from the turmoil of the sixties, a decline in authority, and a loss of tough-minded leadership at home and abroad. Written contemporaneously to the birth of a movement that would profoundly mark American history, \u003ci\u003eThe Neoconservatives\u003c\/i\u003e holds clues, Stein-fels argues, to how and why neoconservatism swerved from its original promise even as it successfully implanted itself as an influential and aggressive element in our politics. This is a landmark book, \"an important contribution to understanding the influence of ideas on American politics\" (\u003ci\u003eCongress Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSteinfels, Peter:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003ePeter Steinfels\u003c\/b\u003e, former co-director of the Fordham University Center on Religion and Culture, is a university professor at Fordham. He was religion columnist for \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e and editor of \u003ci\u003eCommonweal\u003c\/i\u003e. Steinfels is the author of \u003ci\u003eA People Adrift: The Crisis of the Roman Catholic Church in America\u003c\/i\u003e (Simon \u0026amp; Schuster, 2003). He lives in New York City.","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50337992933650,"sku":"9781476728834","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4747ca1c-c7d4-4e98-81a7-73f6707013c5.jpg?v=1727974007","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-neoconservatives-the-origins-of-a-movement-9781476728834","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}