Irving Kristol
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Known as the "godfather" of the neoconservative movement
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Personal
Born: 1920
Education: B.A., History, City College of New York, 1940
Military: WWII, Staff Sgt., Armored Infantry, 12th Armored Div.
Fun Facts!
- Is the father of William Kristol
- Married to Gertrude Himmelfarb
- In the early 1940s, a member of Leon Trotsky's Fourth Communist International
Career Highlights
- Founder, The Public Interestmagazine
- Commentary magazine, Managing Editor, 1947-52
- Encounter magazine, founder and Editor, 1953-58
- The Reporter magazine, Editor, 1959-60
- Basic Books, Executive Vice President, 1961-69
- New York University, Professor of Social Thought, 1969-85
- Member, National Council on the Humanities, 1972-77
- American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Fellow, 1972-present
- Member, President's Commission on White House Fellowships, 1980-88
- Founder and publisher, National Interest magazine, 1985-2002
- American Enterprise Institute, John M. Olin Distinguished Fellow
- Recipient, Presidental Medal of Freedom, 2002
Kristol Quotes
- "What's the popint of beign the greatest, the most powerful nation in the world and not having an imperial role? It's unheard of in human history. The most powerful nation always had an imperial role."
Affiliations
- American Enterprise Institute
- Council on Foreign Relations
- Wall Street Journal, Board of Contributors
Books
- Neoconservatism: The Autobiography of an Idea
- Scorpions in a Bottle: Dangerous Ideas about the United States and the Soviet Union (with Michael Novak, William Bennett, Peter Berger, and Sidney Hook)
- The Press and American Politics (with J. William Fulbright and Raymond Price)
- Reflections of a Neoconservative: Looking Back, Looking Ahead
- Crisis in Economic Theory (with Daniel Bell)
- Two Cheers for Capitalism
- American Commonwealth, 1976 (with Nathan Glazer)
- The American Revolution as a Successful Revolution
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