Neoconservatism the biography of a movement

Political movement

"Neocon" redirects here. Not to be confused with Necon or Paleoconservatism.

This article is about the political movement in the United States. For other regions, see Conservatism and Neoconservatism (disambiguation).

For the furnishing trade fair known as NeoCon, see Merchandise Mart § Trade fairs.

Neoconservatism (colloquially neocon) is a political movement which began in the United States during the 1960s among liberal hawks who became disenchanted with the increasingly pacifist Democratic Party along with the growing New Left and counterculture of the 1960s.

Neoconservatives typically advocate the unilateral promotion of democracy and interventionism in international relations together with a militaristic and realist philosophy of "peace through strength". They are known for espousing opposition to communism and radical politics.^[1][2]

Many adherents of neoconservatism became politically influential during R