Love of Glory and the Common Good Aspects of the Political Thought of Thucydides
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Biographical note
Michael Palmer is associate professor political science at the University of Maine. His writings in traditional political theory have appeared in many publications, including Interpretation: A Journal of Political Philosophy, The Review of Politics and American Political Science Review.Love of Glory provides interesting arguments. . . . There are valuable insights . . .
Canadian Journal of Political Science
Scholars seeking to understand why democracies have thrived and how they have been undermined can profit from Love of Glory and the Common Good.
The Review of Politics
. . . well written, and provocatively argued. Anyone interested in Thucydides can profit from this fine book.
- Paul Rahe, Hillsdale College,
. . . many clever insights. . . . This is a good book.
Political Studies Review
The book is often incisive and stimulates reaction and deserves to be added to the Thucydides stable.
The Classical Review
Palmer has what art critics would call a 'good eye,' ability, shared by too few Thucydidean scholars.
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