Leo Strauss: Man of Peace

by Robert Howse

Book Overview

Leo Strauss is known to many people as a thinker of the right, who inspired hawkish views on national security and perhaps even advocated war without limits. Moving beyond gossip and innuendo about Strauss's followers and the Bush administration, this book provides the first comprehensive analysis of Strauss's writings on political violence, considering also what he taught in the classroom on this subject. In stark contrast to popular perception,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107427673
• ISBN13: 9781107427679
• Release Date: September 2014
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 202 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"