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Title: Machiavelli: The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli, Russell Price, Quentin Skinner ISBN: 0-521-34993-1 Publisher: Cambridge University Press Pub. Date: 01 November, 1988 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $10.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.31 (180 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Not as relevant to today as is hyped up
Comment: This is a good book of advice for the aspiring 15th century ruler. As such it contains practical advice about being ruthless, seizing power and making sure that your enemies don't have the chance to regroup. It gives plenty of examples from Italian and European history. It speaks of the principles of ruling with the aim of acquiring a strong, independant state.
However, I disagree with people's claim of the book's brilliance and relevance to today. Obviously there's the ethical aspect of what the book says but everyone can judge that for themselves. I mean the way it was written. There are a lot of passages which refer to specific dconditions of Machiavelli's time, and without much knowledge of the history of the period, I became lost at times. After all, much of Italian history of the period is this pope being allied with that city and betrayed by that emperor and everyone killing everyone and so forth. If you do have the historical knowledge, you'll enjoy the book that much more.
If you want an even clearer, more ruthless statesman book and one that doesn't tie itself to a particular time period (and is hence MUCH more universal and frightening) try the Book of Lord Shang.
This is still a pretty good and informative read. The translation seems ok, nothing spectacular but still good to read.
Rating: 5
Summary: The Prince
Comment: The Prince by Machiavelli is not about a "prince" but about principles that a ruler, a king, a president, a prince should follow or manipulate to maintain and keep his kingdom or country. Machiavelli's famous treatise is one of the central texts in the history of political thought and a basic foundation to all principles dealing with "How to rule an acquired or inherited kingdom/country," how to be an effective ruler, and government politics. This book is a response to the florentine politics of Machiavelli's time and to the genre of advice-books for princes. Underneath the generalities of his principles, Machiavelli leaves a sense of admonishment to the ruler and the reader alike.
This treatise was written based on his experience as second Chancery and secretary to the main foreign relations committee of the republic, the so-called Ten of War. His writing style lacks verbosity and florid eloquence; Instead, there is a lucid string of concise words in a coherent and cogent order. The brevity and understatements of his general statements makes it very easy for the reader to follow. In every chapter, he states his thesis for a certain principle and gives examples to prove his point. The principles address important issues such as how to win over people, nobles, and soldiers; accomplish political ambitions and necessities by force or fraud, how to be loved and feared by the people, eliminate those with and without power who can possibly harm the ruler, how to make the government agree with the ruler, when to be austere or munificient, how to establish and maintain loyalty, when to build fortresses and how to build alliances and friendships with other kings and kingdoms. This book will not only instruct the ruler how to be a prince and a good one, but also how to maintain oneself as a ruler over people whose hearts can quickly shift contrary to the ruler.
Rating: 5
Summary: The best bok written on Leadership
Comment: The Prince is a classic and must read book for all people in leadership or going in to business.
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Title: The Art of War by Sun Tzu ISBN: 0486425576 Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: 13 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $4.95 |
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Title: The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Martin Edward Malia ISBN: 0451527100 Publisher: Signet Pub. Date: October, 1998 List Price(USD): $5.95 |
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Title: The Art of War by Niccolò Machiavelli, Ellis Farneworth ISBN: 030681076X Publisher: DaCapo Press Pub. Date: 04 September, 2001 List Price(USD): $17.00 |
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Title: The Republic by Plato ISBN: 0486411214 Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: 18 April, 2000 List Price(USD): $2.50 |
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Title: Wealth of Nations (Great Minds Series) by Adam Smith ISBN: 0879757051 Publisher: Prometheus Books Pub. Date: December, 1991 List Price(USD): $11.00 |
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