By modern, I mean the conservative movement that arose after WWII. See for instance The Conservative Intellectual Movement by George Nash. >I believe Buckley i

By modern, I mean the conservative movement that arose after WWII. See for instance The Conservative Intellectual Movement by George Nash. >I believe Buckley is considered one of the really important neo-conservatives. Actually, the term "neo-conservativism" originally referred to people like Norman Podhoretz and Irving Kristol who had originally been leftists, and switched to conservativism in the 60's. Later it also came to include the idealistic hawks who supported the invasion of Iran and other aggressive foreign affairs policies. See, for instance, the book Present Dangers edited by William Kristol and Robert Kagan.