Leo Strauss and the Politics of American Empire

The Teachings Of Political Theorist Leo Strauss (1899-1973) Have Recently Received New Attention, As Political Observers Have Become Aware Of The Influence Strauss's Students Have Had In Shaping Conservative Agendas Of The Bush Administration - Including The War On Iraq. This Book Examines Strauss's Ideas And The Ways In Which They Have Been Appropriated, Or Misappropriated, By Senior Policymakers. Anne Norton, A Political Theorist Trained By Some Of Strauss's Most Famous Students, Is Well Equipped To Write On Strauss And Straussians. She Tells Three Interwoven Narratives: The Story Of Leo Strauss, A Jewish German-born Emigre, Who Carried European Philosophy Into A New World; The Story Of The Philosophic Lineage That Came From Leo Strauss; And The Story Of How America Has Been Made A Moral Battleground By The Likes Of Paul Wolfowitz, Leon Kass, Carnes Lord, And Irving Kristol - Straussian Conservatives Committed To An American Imperialism They Believe Will Usher In A New World Order.--jacket. Who Is Leo Strauss? What Is A Straussian? -- The Lion And The Ass -- Decline Into The West -- Closing The American Mind -- Getting The Natural Right -- Persecution And The Art Of Writing -- Ancients And Moderns -- The Statesman -- On Tyranny -- Conservatism Abandoned -- The Sicilian Expedition -- Athens And Jerusalem -- The School Of Baghdad. Anne Norton. Includes Index.