This book is mean spirited with just enough "human kindness" for the author to say otherwise. It is not a scholarly work. There are no footnotes to check quotes or attribution to see whether statements or remarks are taken out of context. The author is short on history. Under the imprimatur of the Yale University Press, it is more a peep show that masquerades as a book. (For that alone, the Press should be ashamed and one wonders about its editorial policies to accept such a tome.) It is neither "honest" nor "wise" as suggested on its back. One hopes that the author had the courage of her convictions to make these ad hominem attacks personally first to the persons that she directs her imprecations.The Late Professor Strauss deserves better.It is not worth the read.