Statecraft as Soulcraft
- ISBN-10
- 0671427342
- ISBN-13
- 9780671427344
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 192
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1984-05-17
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Author
- George F. Will
Description
The conservative thinker and columnist reflects on the fundamental beliefs of American political theory, questioning the sufficiency of the principle of competing self-interests as a basis for society and arguing for a more broadly based interpretation of the role of government
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