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Type
Publication
Sector
Not specified
Industry
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Status
Draft
Country
United States
Also Known As
Breaking Ranks MagazineBreaking Ranks JournalBreaking Ranks publicationBreaking Ranks: A Political Memoir
Tags
neoconservatismNew Leftpolitical evolution1960s counterculture
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95%
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Publication Type
Book
Publisher
Harper & Row
Published Date
1/1/1979
Authors
Norman Podhoretz
ISBN
0060137259
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Breaking Ranks (1979) is Norman Podhoretz's memoir, structured around a letter to his son John Podhoretz, who questioned his past adherence to New Left ideas from the late 1950s through the 1970s. The primary content appears in a chapter titled 'Breaking Ranks,' spanning approximately 340 pages, detailing his intellectual estrangement, journey from liberalism to neoconservatism, and experiences amid the 1960s cultural upheavals.
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Key text chronicling his political evolution, read by Reagan officials and cementing his role as neoconservative spokesman.
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Published memoir Breaking Ranks
Norman Podhoretz's memoir Breaking Ranks was published
1/1/1979