The forty years war : the rise and fall of the neocons, from Nixon to Obama / Len Colodny and Tom Shachtman.
Language: English Series: Harper Perennial | Harper PerennialPublication details: New York : Harper , 2010Edition: 1st Harper Perennial ed. 2010Description: xiv, 489 p. : il. ; 23 cmISBN:- 978-0-06-168829-4
- 40 years war
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BOOK ONE: OPPOSING NIXON. Section 1: THE ROAD TO CHINA. Nixon's foreign policy dreams -- The anti-Nixon -- Sending signals -- Young men in a hurry -- "Actual or feigned" -- Cambodia and Echo -- Crises expose fissures -- Approaching the zenith --Section 2. UNDERMINING THE PRESIDENCY. Making allies into enemies -- A federal offense of the highest order -- Three out of three, Mr. President -- A meeting of mind-sets -- Actions and reactions -- Section 3. THE HAIG ADMINISTRATION. Three quick strikes -- Nullifying Nixon -- Protecting the flanks -- Endgame -- BOOK TWO: THE TRIUMPH OF THE NEOCONS. Section 4. THE POST-NIXON YEARS. A short honeymoon -- Yielding to the right -- Primary battles -- The Carter interregnum -- Section 5. THE REAGAN EVOLUTION. Fits and starts -- The high tide of anti-communism, and after -- Not going to Baghdad -- The post-Cold War dilemma -- Section 6. FULL POWER. Neocons versus Clinton -- From candidate to Bush -- The neocon hour of triumph -- The Cheney regency -- Losing power -- Foreign affairs and the 2008 election.
Una exposición del movimiento neo-conservador a lo largo de las últimas cuatro décadas que van desde el gobierno de Nixon, pasando por el apoyo a Reagan, y llegando a la promoción de la guerra en Irak. El libro se basa en documentos desclasificados y otras fuentes oficiales.