Introduction: confronting the new conservatism / Michael J. Thompson. Pt. I. What is the new conservatism? America's conservative landscape: the new conservatism and the reorientation of American democracy / Michael J. Thomspn -- Cultural rage and the right-wing intellectuals / Philip Green -- Considerations on the origins of neoconservatism: looking backward / Stanley Aronowitz -- The new political right in the United States: reaction, rollback, and resentment / Chip Berlet. Pt. II. The new conservatism at home. From neoconservative to new right: American conservatives and the welfare state / Charles Noble -- Tearing down the wall: conservative use and abuse of religion in politics / Diana M. Judd -- Paradox or contradiction: the marriage mythos in neoconservative ideology / R. Claire Snyder -- The neoconservative assault on the courts: how worried should we be? / Thomas M. Keck. Pt. III. The global reach of the new neoconservative ideology. The imperial presidency: the legacy of Reagan's Central America policy / Greg Grandin -- The neocon con game: nihilism revisited / Nicholas Xenos -- One-dimensional men: neoconservatives, their allies and models / Lawrence Davidson -- Resisting the right: challenging the neoconservative agenda / Stephen Eric Bronner.