Classical Antiquity and the Politics of America: From George Washington to George W. Bush

Contents

vii Contents Preface ix Introduction Michael Meckler 1 1 Classical Education in Colonial America William J. Ziobro 13 2 Classical Antiquity and Early Conceptions of the United States Senate Carl J. Richard 29 3 Classical Oratory and Fears of Demagoguery in the Antebellum Era Caroline Winterer 41 4 William Sanders Scarborough and the Politics of Classical Education for African Americans Michele Valerie Ronnick 55 5 The Rise of Populism, the Decline of Classical Education, and the Seventeenth Amendment Michael Meckler 69 viii Contents 6 William Linn Westermann at the Paris Peace Conference of 1919 John Milton Cooper, Jr. 83 7 The World of Moses Finkelstein: The Year 1939 in M. I. Finley’s Development as a Historian Daniel P. Tompkins 95 8 Thucydides and the Cold War Lawrence A. Tritle 127 9 Senator Robert C. Byrd and the Wisdom of the Ancients Robert F. Maddox 141 10 Platonism in High Places: Leo Strauss, George W. Bush, and the Response to 9/11 Neil G. Robertson 153 Afterword Michael Meckler 175 Notes 181 List of Contributors 219 Index 221 ...