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Roots of neoconservativism identifies people who have been considered to be related to the development of the political movement known as neoconservatism. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Neoconservatism is a political movement, mainly in the United States, which is generally held to have emerged in the 1960s, coalesced in the 1970s, and has had a significant presence in the administration of George W. Bush. ... Neoconservatism is a political movement, mainly in the United States, which is generally held to have emerged in the 1960s, coalesced in the 1970s, and has had a significant presence in the administration of George W. Bush. ...

Roots of "Neoconservatism"

(A group of intellectuals who had attended the City College of New York (CCNY) during the mid- to late 1930s and early 1940s, as identified by Francis Fukuyama in "After Neoconservatism":^[1]) The City College of The City University of New York (known more commonly as City College of New York or simply City College, CCNY, or colloquially as City)[1] is a senior college of the City University of New York, in New York City. ... Francis Fukuyama (born October 27, 1952 in Chicago) is an influential American philosopher, political economist and author. ...

• Irving Kristol^[1]
• Daniel Bell^[1]
• Nathan Glazer^[1]
• Irving Howe,^[1] since his CCNY days, commmitted to leftwing politics
• Daniel Patrick Moynihan,^[1] the late Democratic Senator from Massachusetts, and a long-standing liberal member of the U.S. Democratic Party

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Others identified as "neoconservatives" by Fukuyama and/or others

• Allan Bloom (1930–1992), American philosopher, essayist, academic, and author of The Closing of the American Mind^[1]
• Alan Keyes, former diplomat and unsuccessful three-time candidate for United States Senate (Republican, from Maryland in 1988 and 2002, and from Illinois in 2004), and unsuccessful two-time candidate for the Republican nomination for United States President (in 1996 and 2000)^[1]
• Paul Wolfowitz, former United States Deputy Secretary of Defense in the administration of President George W. Bush (2001–2005); president of the World Bank (2005–present)^[1]

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Notes

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i} Francis Fukuyama, "After Neoconservatism", The New York Times Magazine 19 February. 2006, accessed 4 March 2007 (SelectTimes subscription required).

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Further reading

• Micklethwait, John, and Adrian Wooldridge. The Right Nation: Why America Is Different. 2004; London: Penguin Books, 2005. ISBN 0-143-03539-8 (10). ISBN 978-01430-3539-8 (13).