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How can a leader be strong and decisive, yet still inspire loyalty in his followers When is it necessary to break the rules Is it better to be feared than loved Examining regimes and their rulers the world over and throughout history, from Roman Emperors to renaissance Popes, the author answers all these questions.

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"It is safer to be feared than loved." These words embody the spirit of The Prince, Niccolo Machiavelli's classic work of political philosophy. Machiavelli's advice for how a ruler should acquire and ruthlessly exercise power over others continues to be relevant to contemporary readers more than five centuries after it was first published.

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The Prince is generally labelled as a cynical and overly pragmatic account of gaining and retaining political power. It is a significant deviation from the righteous meditations of Plato and Aristotle, which emphasise the goodness of human nature.

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Describes the dynamics of power, leadership and strategy. This book argues that sometimes it is necessary to abandon ethics to succeed. It is suitable for strategists, politicians and business people.

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Contains six essays that appear in English, and additional selections.

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New translation of a classic from Italian literature. This edition contains a new translation of G.W.F. Hegel's 'Machiavelli's The Prince and Italy', notes and apparatus on Machiavelli's life and works, four pages of pictures and the first pages of The Prince in the original Italian.

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How can a leader be strong and decisive, yet still inspire loyalty in his followers When is it necessary to break the rules Is it better to be feared than loved In this book, the author answers all these questions in a work of realpolitik that still has shrewd political lessons.

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A collection that discusses the dangers of conspiracies and the component parts of an army. It also gives advice on tactics and discipline, and explains why promises made under force ought not to be kept.

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Written in Machiavelli's characteristically lucid and terse style, Life of Castruccio Castracani is a revealing account of the political ferment and fractious factionalism of fourteenth-century Italy.

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Today The Prince is still seen as the Bible of realpolitik, read by strategists, businessmen and political animals everywhere as the ultimate guide to gaining and maintaining power in a dangerous world.

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Born in 1469, Niccolo Machiavelli undertook diplomatic missions to various courts, before his imprisonment and exile. To quote his own words, this book discusses "what a principality is, what kinds there are, how they can be acquired, how they can be kept and why they are lost".

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For more than 400 years, "The Prince" has been the basic handbook of politics, statesmanship, and power. Witty, informative, and devilishly shrewd, it has long been required reading for anyone interested in politics and power. This edition features a new Introduction and Afterword. Revised reissue.

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A classic treatise on practical leadership and power politics.

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Machiavellis highly influential treatise on political power

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The Prince shocked Europe on publication with its advocacy of ruthless tactics for gaining absolute power and its abandonment of conventional morality.

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Contains translations of "The Woman From Andros", Machiavelli's version of Terence's classic comedy; "The Mandrake", an Italian theatrical classic; and "Clizia", a work inspired by Plautus' "Casin".

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Features translations of "The Woman From Andros"; "The Mandrake"; and "Clizia", a work inspired by Plautus' "Casin". This work explores English plays whose racy vernacular language, subtle characterisation, and innovative dramatic construction preceded Shakespeare's establishment of English-speaking theatrical comedy by more than a half century.

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Includes notes, a 2-page map, an index, and an Introduction, this edition is useful for students of history and political theory.

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A translation of "The Prince".

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A translation of "The Prince".

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Suitable for students of history and political theory, this work includes notes, a 2-page map, an index, and an Introduction by David Wootton.

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