Peter Steinfels
Books by Peter Steinfels
The Neoconservatives
by Peter Steinfels
It’s important to take a look at a book about neoconservatism written long before the Iraq War. Reading Peter, you understand that neoconservatives were not initially primarily about foreign policy – let alone starting a war to throw Saddam Hussein out of power. Neoconservatives were originally dissident liberals. People who started out on the left and over time developed doubts about the impact of liberal social policy. I think neoconservatives gave conservatism one of their most powerful concepts which is the law of unintended consequences. It was used as a battering ram against all kinds of liberal programmes, saying, ‘Yes, you intended to do good but look at what in fact this programme actually did.’
Interviews where books by Peter Steinfels were recommended
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The Conservative Intellectual Movement in America since 1945
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American Conservatism in the Age of Enterprise 1865-1910
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Invisible Hands
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The Neoconservatives
by Peter Steinfels -
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The Redhunter: A Novel Based on the Life of Senator Joe McCarthy
by William F Buckley Jr
The best books on The Appeal of Conservatism, recommended by E J Dionne
The best books on The Appeal of Conservatism, recommended by E J Dionne
From immediate post-war battles against the New Deal to the rise of the neoconservative movement, Washington Post columnist and Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution, E J Dionne traces the growth of conservatism in America
