Leo Strauss And the Politics of American Empire

This provocative book examines the thinking of political theorist Leo Strauss and how his ideas have been appropriatedor misappropriatedfor various conservative agendas. "[This] book . . . [is] like a backstage pass into the imperialistic mind of America."Mitchell Anderson, San Francisco Bay Guardian "Well-informed and witty."Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., New York Review of Books "[Norton's] most impressive achievement is to demonstrate how far the ideas we associate with Straussians have strayed from [Strauss's] ideas."Alan Wolfe, New York Times Book Review "Has the flavor of an amusing tell-all, . . . a sort of critical field guide to Straussians." New Yorker

ANNE NORTON, professor of political science at the University of Pennsylvania, is also the author of 95 Theses on Politics, Culture, and Method, published by Yale University Press.