Kenneth L. Deutsch is professor of political science at State University of New York at Geneseo. John A. Murley is professor of political science at the Rochester Institute of Technology.

• Part 1 On Leo Strauss’s American CareerChapter 2 Leo Strauss at the University of ChicagoChapter 3 Leo Strauss at St. John’s CollegeChapter 4 Leo Strauss at the University of ChicagoChapter 5 Leo Strauss at One HundredPart 6 Taking Leo Strauss SeriouslyChapter 7 Leo Strauss, the Straussians and the American RegimeChapter 8 Strauss on Our MindsChapter 9 Leo Strauss: Philosophy and the American Social ScienceChapter 10 Athens and Washington: Leo Strauss and the American RegimeChapter 11 Strauss’s Generalized Agnosticism and American LiberalismChapter 12 Locating Leo Strauss in the Liberal-Communitarian DebatePart 13 The First GenerationChapter 14 In regards to George AnastaploChapter 15 Walter Berns: The Constitution and American Liberal DemocracyChapter 16 Allan Bloom: Strauss, Socrates and Liberal EducationChapter 17 Joseph Cropsey: Modernity and the American RegimeChapter 18 Refinding the Founding: Martin Diamond, Leo Strauss, and the American RegimeChapter 19 Paul Eidelberg: The Mixed Regime and the American RegimeChapter 20 A New Birth of Freedom: Harry V. Jaffa and the Study of AmericaChapter 21 Back to the Future: Ralph Lerner’s Political ThoughtChapter 22 Roger Masters: Natural Right and BiologyChapter 23 Herbert Storing: The American Founding and the American ConstitutionPart 24 American Political InstitutionsChapter 25 Congress and Straussian ConstitutionalismChapter 26 Executive Power and the PresidencyChapter 27 The Supreme Court: Republican SchoolmasterChapter 28 Bureaucracy and America: Leo Strauss on Constitutionalism, the State and TyrannyPart 29 Reflections from PracticeChapter 30 Leo Strauss and the World of IntelligenceChapter 31 Thoughts on Strauss and Our Present DiscontentsChapter 32 The Charm of Competence: A Straussian Looks at the Therapeutic StateChapter 33 A Student of Leo Strauss in the Clinton AdministrationChapter 34 Government and the School of Strauss

This book certainly will not disappoint anyone looking for a serious philosophic discussion of the American Founding.