October 10, 2003

Machiavelli's 'Art of War' Is Translated Again; Washington Abuzz About Leo Strauss

By SCOTT McLEMEE

ENDLESS STRUGGLE: Before his name became a byword for sneaky politics, Niccolò Machiavelli was the Renaissance embodiment of the policy wonk. Even his best-known works were circulated among a small audience of the powerful, only reaching a wider public following his death in 1527. The one book that did appear in print during his lifetime was his Art of War, first published in 1521. With its detailed analyses of how artillery can defeat soldiers armed with pikes, it seems like a

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