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1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction: Confronting the New Conservatism 1
5. Part I What Is the New Conservatism?
6. Chapter 1 America’s Conservative Landscape: The New Conservatism and the Reorientation of American Democracy 7
7. Chapter 2 Cultural Rage and the Right-Wing Intellectuals 31
8. Chapter 3 Considerations on the Origins of Neoconservatism: Looking Backward 56
9. Chapter 4 The New Political Right in the United States: Reaction, Rollback, and Resentment 71
10. Part II The New Conservatism at Home
11. Chapter 5 From Neoconservative to New Right: American Conservatives and the Welfare State 107
12. Chapter 6 Tearing Down the Wall: Conservative Use and Abuse of Religion in Politics 125
13. Chapter 7 Paradox or Contradiction: The Marriage Mythos in Neoconservative Ideology 144
14. Chapter 8 The Neoconservative Assault on the Courts: How Worried Should We Be? 164
15. Part III The Global Reach of the New Conservative Ideology
16. Chapter 9 The Imperial Presidency: The Legacy of Reagan’s Central America Policy 195
17. Chapter 10 The Neocon Con Game: Nihilism Revisited 225
18. Chapter 11 One-Dimensional Men: Neoconservatives, Their Allies and Models 247
19. Chapter 12 Resisting the Right: Challenging the Neoconservative Agenda 269
20. Contributors 285
21. Index 289