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Prominent politicians, journalists and scholars associated with the Project For New American Century include [[Charles Krauthammer]], [[Paul Wolfowitz]], [[Lewis Libby]], [[Jeb Bush]], [[Richard Perle]], [[Dick Cheney]], [[William J. Bennett]], [[Norman Podhoretz]], [[Dan Quayle]], [[Abram Shulsky]], [[Frank Gaffney]], [[Zalmay Khalilzad]], [[R. James Woolsey, Jr.]], [[Rudy Boschwitz]], [[Eliot A. Cohen]], [[Steve Forbes]], [[Michael Ledeen]], [[Dov Zakheim]], [[Richard Armitage]], [[Robert Zoellick]], [[Paula Dobriansky]] and [[Aaron Friedberg]].

Prominent politicians, journalists and scholars associated with the Project For New American Century include [[Charles Krauthammer]], [[Paul Wolfowitz]], [[Lewis Libby]], [[Jeb Bush]], [[Richard Perle]], [[Dick Cheney]], [[William J. Bennett]], [[Norman Podhoretz]], [[Dan Quayle]], [[Abram Shulsky]], [[Frank Gaffney]], [[Zalmay Khalilzad]], [[R. James Woolsey, Jr.]], [[Rudy Boschwitz]], [[Eliot A. Cohen]], [[Steve Forbes]], [[Michael Ledeen]], [[Dov Zakheim]], [[Richard Armitage]], [[Robert Zoellick]], [[Paula Dobriansky]] and [[Aaron Friedberg]].

PNAC's stated goal is global American leadership (which they call "Pax Americana"). There is wide opposition to this goal. Emphasis in PNAC is on military solutions; diplomacy is not considered to be an effective means to end conflict.

PNAC's stated goal is to promote global American leadership, rebuilding and maintaining America's defesne p[osture and the preservation of peace.  

"Further, the process of transformation, even if it brings revolutionary change, is likely to be a long one, absent some catastrophic and catalyzing event––like a new Pearl Harbor"

"Further, the process of transformation, even if it brings revolutionary change, is likely to be a long one, absent some catastrophic and catalyzing event––like a new Pearl Harbor"

The above statement is taken from Section V of "Rebuilding America's Defenses," which is a major part of PNAC's central theory. It was originally presented in 1997.

The above statement is taken from Section V of Rebuilding America's Defenses, presented in 1997.

 

Some left-wing conspiracy theorists would contend that George W. Bush's subscription to this doctrine was the reason for his late response to the 9/11 attacks: that he was waiting for the most damage to be done.  

==References==

==References==

*[http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&contentId=A37785-2002Aug19&notFound=true Bush's Summer Reading List Hints at Iraq], By Dana Milbank, ''Washington Post'', August 20, 2002; Page A11.

*[http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&contentId=A37785-2002Aug19&notFound=true Bush's Summer Reading List Hints at Iraq], By Dana Milbank, ''Washington Post'', August 20, 2002; Page A11.

==External Links==

==External Links==

:[http://www.newamericancentury.org/ Project For New American Century official site]  

:[http://www.newamericancentury.org/ Project For New American Century official site]  

[[Category:Politics]]

[[Category:Politics]]