Paul Wolfowitz

Paul Dundes Wolfowitz (born December 22, 1943) is an American academic and political figure. Wolfowitz is a polarizing and controversial figure both within the United States and abroad. He is often seen as a leading proponent of the 2003 Iraq War and architect of the ambitious foreign policy of the George W. Bush administration known as the Bush Doctrine. His views are often characterized as representing a modern American philosophy of neoconservatism. He is currently President of the World Bank.

Media portrayals of Wolfowitz

The title character of the novel Ravelstein (2000) by Saul Bellow was based on Wolfowitz?s mentor at Cornell University Allan Bloom, while the character of one of his students Philip Gorman whose father is a fellow professor who comes into conflict with Ravelstein and who goes on to work for the U.S. Department of Defense is believed to be based on Wolfowitz. According to James Mann, in Rise of the Vulcans (2004), however ?Wolfowitz thought that the novelist?s portrait was simply inaccurate or possibly a composite based in part on some other Bloom students and their fathers.?

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Ravelstein - 2000 - Saul Bellow - Cornell University - Allan Bloom - U.S. Department of Defense - 2004

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Paul Wolfowitz found public prominence through his involvement in the 2003 invasion of Iraq and the subsequent Michael Moore film Fahrenheit 9/11 that criticized it. According to The Guardian ?one of the most indelible moments of the film? is when Paul Wolfowitz? puts a generous dollop of spit on his comb before smoothing his hair for a television appearance.? The report, which describes Wolfowitz as the ?intellectual high priest of the Bush administration's hawks?, goes on to point out; ?Iffy grooming habits are the least of Wolfowitz's worries as he takes on the presidency of the World Bank.?

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2003 invasion of Iraq - Michael Moore - Fahrenheit 9/11 - The Guardian

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