International Affairs

The Forty Years War: The Rise and Fall of the Neocons from Nixon to Obama

Len Colodny; Tom Shachtman

About the Program

Len Colodny and Tom Shachtman talk about the impact of the neoconservative movement on presidential foreign policy decisions going back to the Nixon administration.  They say that neoconservatives have successfully influenced U.S. presidents from both political parties, reaching the height of their influence during George W. Bush's two terms in office.  Mr. Colodny and Mr. Shachtman spoke at the World Affairs Council in Washington, DC.   

About the Authors

Len Colodny

Len Colodny is the co-author of Silent Coup: The Removal of a President, published in 1991.   


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Tom Shachtman

Tom Shachtman is the author of Decade of Shocks, 1963-1974 and Absolute Zero and the Conquest of Cold.  For more, visit: tomshachtman.com. 

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