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Culture The Straussian Machiavelli? Michael Anton’s new book on the early modern political theorist has much to recommend it, dubious gematria aside. Michael Anton, Studies in Machiavellian Political Philosophy (New York City and London: Encounter Books, 2026) 451+XVI pp. Reading Michael Anton’s book of well-wrought essays is like eavesdropping on a private conversation. A deeply committed Straussian, Anton addresses others of his persuasion, among them Tom West, Harvey Mansfield, Leo Paul de Alvarez, and the tutelary spirit of the movement’s founder, Leo Strauss (1899–1973). Although the central theme of this anthology seems to be a proper reading of Machiavelli’s The Prince and Discourses,…Open