Roger Boesche is the Arthur G. Coons Professor of the History of Ideas at Occidental College. He is the author of Theories of Tyranny: Plato to Arendt (1996), The Strange Liberalism of Alexis de Tocqueville (1987), and Alexis de Tocqueville: Selected Letters on Politics and Society (1985).

This is a valuable and insightful study of one of the world's neglected classics of political philosophy. Boesche is to be commended for bringing Kautilya's masterpiece to the attention of the Western reader.

• Part 1 IntroductionChapter 2 Historical BackgroundChapter 3 A Science of Politics for a KingChapter 4 The Spy StateChapter 5 The Economy: A Socialist MonarchyChapter 6 Foreign Policy and WarChapter 7 Power, Advancement, and a Theory of HistoryPart 8 Conclusion

Roger Boesche is the Arthur G. Coons Professor of the History of Ideas at Occidental College. He is the author of Theories of Tyranny: Plato to Arendt (1996), The Strange Liberalism of Alexis de Tocqueville (1987), and Alexis de Tocqueville: Selected Letters on Politics and Society (1985).

This is a valuable and insightful study of one of the world's neglected classics of political philosophy. Boesche is to be commended for bringing Kautilya's masterpiece to the attention of the Western reader.

• Part 1 IntroductionChapter 2 Historical BackgroundChapter 3 A Science of Politics for a KingChapter 4 The Spy StateChapter 5 The Economy: A Socialist MonarchyChapter 6 Foreign Policy and WarChapter 7 Power, Advancement, and a Theory of HistoryPart 8 Conclusion

Roger Boesche is the Arthur G. Coons Professor of the History of Ideas at Occidental College. He is the author of Theories of Tyranny: Plato to Arendt (1996), The Strange Liberalism of Alexis de Tocqueville (1987), and Alexis de Tocqueville: Selected Letters on Politics and Society (1985).

This is a valuable and insightful study of one of the world's neglected classics of political philosophy. Boesche is to be commended for bringing Kautilya's masterpiece to the attention of the Western reader.

• Part 1 IntroductionChapter 2 Historical BackgroundChapter 3 A Science of Politics for a KingChapter 4 The Spy StateChapter 5 The Economy: A Socialist MonarchyChapter 6 Foreign Policy and WarChapter 7 Power, Advancement, and a Theory of HistoryPart 8 Conclusion