Volume 31, Number 3 · March 1, 1984
Neopersuasion
By Amartya Sen
Reflections of a Neoconservative: Looking Back, Looking Ahead
by Irving Kristol
Basic Books, 336 pp., $19.95
So advises an old English song. Irving Kristol cannot be accused of not trying to do the 'best.' His old loves were all firmly turned off before he embraced neoconservatism. In this engaging book of twenty-nine essays, presented as 'reflections of a neoconservative,' the high marks are mostly reserved for neoconservatism, even though the history of old loves is figured with some frank nostalgia.
Review, 2800 words
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