Good Book on PNAC?

[Ladyhawk]

A friend of mine was interested after I mentioned some of what I've learned about the writings of the PNAC during the nineties and wants to know more. Does Mr. Pitt's book deal with the subject?

[Stevendsmith]

1. Here's a Great Place to Start

http://pnacrevealed.com/

[tlcandie]

3. Re: that link .. I think this about sums up what we should ALL learn

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Too often wars boil down to their god against our God. It seems this principle is more a cynical effort to gain approval from the masses, especially those most likely to be killed for the sake of the war promoters on both sides who have power, prestige and wealth at stake.
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Once people/soldiers on both sides decide they will no longer die for the rich mans prestige and wealth...there will be no more wars.

Thank you for this link .. it is quite an eye-opener, yet extremely depressing and I feel that we are caught in a HUGE black hole.

[Stephanie]

2. And here at DU we have this

PNAC Links Archive

[Cocoa]

4. here's some background reading

[Stephanie]

5. I've been meaning to read this

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0312217838/ref=lpr_g_1/103-9809115-9201434?v=glance&s=books

Leo Strauss and the American Right
by Shadia B. Drury

Editorial Reviews
From Publishers Weekly
After the Republican Party drafted its Contract With America in 1994, the New York Times traced the document's neoconservative ideology to the late Leo Strauss (1899-1973), a German Jewish emigre and professor of philosophy at the University of Chicago during the 1950s and '60s. Dubbed by the media as the "godfather of the conservative revolution," Strauss, according to Drury, was considered to be the shadowy force behind the Republican Party, as his teachings were being spread by former students and admirers like Allan Bloom, Clarence Thomas, William Bennett and Irving Kristol. Although Drury's (The Political Ideas of Leo Strauss) prose is occasionally dry and academic, her evidence is persuasive, and her research is impeccable. Beginning with an account of Straussians in Washington, she works back to the professor's dominant ideas and how they affected the current political climate. She investigates how Strauss formed his ideology and what events, such as the Holocaust, may have shaped his views. Her own opinions on the matter of conservatives vs. liberals (she sides with the latter) are clearly stated yet remain incidental because her interest seems to lie in exploration rather than conversion. For students of political theory, Drury is an expert guide.

Copyright 1997 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

From Library Journal
Drury (political science, Univ. of Calgary) has expanded an earlier work, The Political Ideas of Leo Strauss (St. Martin's, 1988), to examine the influence of reclusive political philosopher Leo Strauss (1899-1973) on the American neoconservative movement. Drury rejects Strauss's philosophy for its attacks on liberalism and call to institute strong moral leadership in the United States. She largely reviews Strauss's political philosophy and spends considerable time on his views of Judaic and... read more --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

[Ladyhawk]

6. Thanks, guys!

When I told my friend a little of what I'd learned about the PNAC, he said it scared the bejesus out of him. My friend is a good man, probably the best I've ever known.

[Emboldened Chimp]

7. The Grand Chessboard, by Zbigniew Brzezinski

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0465027261/qid=1061349454/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/103-4936459-7175008?v=glance&s=books

[Robbien]

8. There is also a very good writer at the antiwar site

Justin Raymondo, he wrote, The Neocons come out, and several other good articles. The article has many good links in it.

http://www.antiwar.com/justin/j081803.html

Good wishes to your friend. I remember the horror and depression I felt when I first learned of these guys.

[IkeWarnedUs]

9. If he wants a book

Why not print out the PNAC 2000 report and our 2002 National Security Strategy and put them in a binder.

A copy of the Project for the New American Century's September 2000 report titled "Rebuilding America's Defenses; Strategy, Forces and Resources For a New Century" can be viewed at http://www.newamericancentury.org/RebuildingAmericasDefenses.pdf


A copy of the National Security Strategy of the United States dated September 2002 can be viewed at http://www.whitehouse.gov/nsc/nss.pdf