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*[http://fanonite.org/2007/08/22/the-fifth-estate-the-lies-that-led-to-war/ The Fifth Estate: The Lies That Led To War], ''CBC'', 7 March 2007 | *[http://fanonite.org/2007/08/22/the-fifth-estate-the-lies-that-led-to-war/ The Fifth Estate: The Lies That Led To War], ''CBC'', 7 March 2007 | ||
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| + | *[http://www.csmonitor.com/specials/neocon/index.html Empire Builders: Neoconservatives and their blueprint for US Power], ''Christian Science Monitor''. | ||
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Revision as of 14:31, 26 August 2007
Neo-Conservatism
According to Irving Kristol, one of the leading neoconservatives, it is a movement of liberals "mugged by reality."
Key Individuals
- Norman Podhoretz Founder and editor of Commentary magazine
- Irving Kristol Former Commentary editor and founder of The Public Interest
- Elliot Abrams Head of the Middle East Desk of the National Security Council and Norman Podhoretz's son-in-law
- Douglas Feith Undersecretary of Defense and one of the architects of the occupation of Iraq
- Paul Wolfowitz former Deputy Secretary of Defense and current president of the World Bank;
- Richard Perle former Chairman of the Pentagon's Defense Policy Board; married to the daughter of Neocon ideologue Alfred Wohlstetter
- William Kristol son of Irving Kristol, co-founder of the Project for a New American Century and editor of the Weekly Standard
- Daniel Pipes Middle East Studies professor and founder of the notorious Campus Watch
- Charles Krauthammer Washington Post columnist;
- Dov Zakheim former Comptroller of the Department of Defense;
- David Wurmser Cheney's chief Middle East advisor, his wife Meyrav Wurmser co-founded MEMRI
- Kenneth Adelman a hawkish arms control expert and senior Pentagon official.
- Meyrav Wurmser - Cofounder of MEMRI and wife of David Wurmser
- Midge Decter - Wife of Norman Podhoretz, Mother-in-law of Elliot Abrams
- Robert Kagan - Cofounder of PNAC; husband of Victoria Nuland; Brother of Frederick Kagan; son of Donald Kagan.
- Victoria Nuland - Cheney's NSA, and wife of Robert Kagan
- Gertrude Himmelfarb - Wife of Irving Kristol; Mother of William Kristol
- Frederick Kagan - Military historian, and author of Bush's 'Victory Plan'. Brother of Robert Kagan and son of Donald Kagan.
- John Podhoretz - Son of Norman Podhoretz; a columnist for the Murdoch-owned New York Post
- Jeane Kirkpatrick - Reagans former UN Ambassador; her late husband Evron Kirkpatrick was a long-time collaborator of Irving Kristol
- Richard Pipes - Father of Daniel Pipes, and member of Team B
- Dalck Feith - Father of Douglas Feith, and a former a follower of Betar, the militant Zionist movement that became Likud in Poland in the 1930s.
- Michael Ledeen - Cofounder of JINSA. He is married to Barbara Ledeen
- Joshua Muravchik - a neocon war hawk at AEI. His father, Emanuel, was also close to Podhoretz during the 1970s.
Articles
- Craig Unger, From the Wonderful Folks Who Brought You Iraq, Vanity Fair, March 2007
- James Bamford, Iran: The Next War, Rolling Stone, August 10, 2006
Videos
- The Fifth Estate: The Lies That Led To War, CBC, 7 March 2007
Resources
- Empire Builders: Neoconservatives and their blueprint for US Power, Christian Science Monitor.
