Irving Kristol

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Kristol was known at College as a 'Lovestonite' i.e. a follower of the CIA-linked ex-communist labour leader Jay Lovestone.[1]

Kristol was a central figure in he emergence of neoconservatism. Acording to Jacob Heilbrunn, "Neoconservatism was turned into an actual movement by Kristol and Norman Podhoretz. Even today, the neoconservative movement is best understood as an extended family based largely on the informal social networks patiently forged by these two patriarchs.[2]

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  1. Obituary: Melvin Lasky: Cold warrior who edited the CIA-funded Encounter magazine, by Andrew Roth, Guardian, 22 May 2004.
  2. They Knew They Were Right: The Rise of the Neocons, by Jacob Heilbrunn, Doubleday, 2008, p68.