Program Overview

• Hosts: Ray Suarez, Garrick Utley, Steve Roberts, Margaret Warner and Marvin Kalb
• Original Airdate: Jun 2005

Since September 11th, many observers in the United States and around the world have pointed to the neoconservatives as the leading force behind the Bush Administration's push for war in Iraq, its ambitious effort to spread democracy in the Muslim world and its unabashed use of America's power abroad. America Abroad examines the meaning of neoconservatism, its history and its impact on American foreign policy.

Ray Suarez speaks with John Micklethwait, U.S. editor of The Economist, about how Europeans perceive American Neoconservatism today in segment one.

In segment two, Garrick Utley narrates an archival audio tour of the intellectual history and impact of the Neoconservative movement.

Steve Roberts looks back at the career of Senator Henry "Scoop" Jackson, a hero for many neoconservatives in segment three.

In segment four, Margaret Warner examines how the war in Iraq has generated and exposed differences of view among today's Neoconservatives.

Marvin Kalb moderates a discussion that examines how Neoconservatism fits in the larger context and traditions of American history in segment five.

Guests on this program include:

John Micklethwait, US editor of The Economist

James Schlesinger, former Secretary of Defense

Richard Perle, Tom Foley and Ben Wattenberg, former aides to Senator Henry "Scoop" Jackson

Charles Krauthammer, Pulitzer Prize-winning syndicated columnist and commentator

William Kristol, editor of "The Weekly Standard"

Eliot Cohen, Robert E. Osgood professor in American Foreign Policy at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University

Francis Fukuyama, Bernard L. Schwartz Professor of International Political Economy at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University

Ernest May, Charles Warren Professor of American History in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University's Kennedy School

Melvyn Leffler, Edward R. Stettinius professor in the Department of History at the University of Virginia

David Hendrickson, Robert J. Fox Distinguished Service Professor at Colorado College