The Decline of Military Adventurism in the Conservative Big Tent

Richard Wagner

SAGE Open, 2015, vol. 5, issue 1, 2158244015575556

Abstract: It is now clear that the American conservative movement can no longer be easily categorized as “hawkish†on foreign policy. This essay examines the different perspectives, ranging from intellectuals and experts to grassroots conservatives and popular political culture, to grasp the widening range of foreign policy preferences that currently make up the conservative movement (or conservative big tent). Second, this essay considers the challenges that these hawks, mainly the neoconservatives, are likely to face due to the realities of generational politics. This essay will therefore provide a useful analysis of the different foreign policy preferences in the American conservative movement in the 21st century.

Keywords: conservatives; neoconservatives; military; realism; non-intervention; isolationism; war; hawks; doves; American Foreign Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1177/2158244015575556

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