Author
Claudia Hauer is an expert on liberal education, military education, and the relationship between the two. She teaches humanities, science, and languages in the Great Books program at St. John’s College, and moral philosophy at the United States Air Force Academy, where she holds the Lyon Chair in Professional Ethics. She has a BA in Classical Studies from the University of Chicago, and an MA and PhD in Classics from the University of Minnesota.
Reviews
“A must read for leaders and thinkers in any field. In a period infatuated with technology and its impact, Claudia Hauer persuasively demonstrates the relevance to 21st century leaders and strategist of ancient Greek humanism with its appreciation for the virtues, appetites, passions, and cultures that motivate men and women throughout time.”
—Mike Peters, President Emeritus of St. John’s College, Col (ret.) US Army, and former EVP of the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington
“A cautionary tale adequate to our present predicament, a story of the journey ancient Greek democracy travelled from its infancy to maturity, culminating in the Athenian demise. Strategic Humanism holds up the political, cultural, literary, and philosophical milieu of ancient Greek as a kind of looking glass in which we might take one good look at ourselves both collectively and individually. Strategic leaders at the helm of our national interests and navigating the treacherous waters of our present moment will do well to heed the warning shot made here: our imperiled, floundering ship of state can only be righted by a return to local and global leadership predicated on the commitment to ensuring the freedom and dignity of the individual human person. Hauer’s erudite, yet highly accessible study of Greek humanism and the promise it offers for fostering truly strategic leadership should be required reading at all levels of the Department of Defense, the State Department, and federal government.”
—Thomas G. McGuire, Director of the Air Force Humanities Institute, Col (ret.) USAF, and Senior Staff Editor, War, Literature & the Arts
