Philip Bobbitt

Philip Bobbitt, is the Herbert Wechsler Professor of Federal Jurisprudence at Columbia University and Senior Fellow at the Strauss Center for International Security and Law at the University of Texas. He has served as a senior official at the White House, the State Department and the National Security Council, in both Republican and Democratic administrations. He is a Fellow of the AmericanAcademy for Arts and Sciences and has written seminal works in constitutional theory, diplomatic history and social choice.The Shield of Achilles, published in 2002, was internationally acclaimed and was named a Book of the Year by the Economist, the Times Literary Supplement and the Guardian.
The Prince is his latest book.