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Are you ruthless enough to win? Find out by reading this

Отличный гайд для «Цивилизации»! Местами сложновато воспринимается из-за большого количества исторических имён, титулов и локаций. Некоторые главы (о крепостях, военном деле и тд) и примеры («Судьба - женщина, и чтобы одержать над ней верх, нужно ее бить и толкать..») уже думаю неактуальны в современном мире, но в целом интересно)) В 20 лет на практике эта книга, конечно, поможет разве что сопоставить советы Макиавелли с действиями некоторых современных лидеров, и потом под пивасик с друганами у...

When you get into Management classes at the university level, you'll often read some book like "You're the Best Around!! How to Win While Getting to Yes AND Use Your Strengths that You've Recently Discovered!!!"Compared to Machiavelli, all modern business books blow. They blow hard. Basically, Machiavelli wrote down the original version of business management, based on what he saw during the time of the Medici's in Italy. Any dude or lady that writes a book is simply saying what Machiavelli said...

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Well that was a turn of the screw!

My marking this as Read is a misnomer. A more accurate representation is 'the day I stopped reading this' because actually, I got to Book Three and gave up. I was so bored. Then I figured that a) it's not like there's a shortage of reading matter in the universe and b) I'd rather spend my time on something else. I don't 'not finish' things easily but it was a huge relief to let this one go. Next please...

A classic everyone should read.

Эта книга является наставлениями будущим правителям Италии. В книге подробно разбирается, как следует править, чтобы удержать / приобрести власть. Однако тут даются не советы мудрецов, а скорее холодные, совершенно лишенные эмоций принципы. Все аспекты власти совершенно беспристрастно разбираются на маленькие кирпичики. Никакие чувства в расчёт не принимаются. Человечность? - не, не слышал. "Лучше вести войну, чем её избегать". "Страх - лучший способ держать подданых в подчинении". Добрые дела

The Prince is a good read, but the Art of War was a little too dry with too many prescriptive details on battle tactics and strategy. But overall, much could be learned from both, but more to be skimmed away. The Prince was still a gem, offering insights into statesmanship and a must read.

Pratica e teoria per un signore del 1500Citando esempi (con lo stesso scopo e metodo delle note bibliografiche in un articolo scientifico moderno) dalla Storia antica, dalla mitologia, dalla Bibbia, ma anche da eventi a lui contemporanei l’autore compone un dittico senza tempo. Se nel Principe Machiavelli ci racconta la filosofia che sta dietro alla sua idea di governante, ne L’arte della guerra l’argomento si sposta su aspetti logistici e funzionali. Ad una lettura consecutiva (e doverosa), si

Произведение «Государь» до недолго времени может заинтересовать читателя, поскольку довольно короткое, а также первое время наблюдать за мыслями человека, жившего в 15-16 веке довольно интересно, однако в произведении «О военном искусстве» весь интерес испаряется моментально. Тезисы, указанные там, уже не актуальны на сегодняшний день, повествование довольно сумбурно, ни одна мысль не подкреплена конкретным примером. Поэтому, посоветую, пожалуй, остановиться только на первой части этой книги, ил...

Both books contain interesting information about human nature and motivations.Both are books that I've been meaning to read for years and I wasn't disappointed. I did find it a bit overwhelming to listen to both at once. In retrospect I shouldn't have listened to the whole thing in one sitting and yet I can't think of where I would have stopped.There is a lot of information in these books, I'll definitely need to listen to them again to absorb more.Well narrated with a good pace and a natural de...

The Prince ****The Prince is a collection of Machiavelli's thoughts and observations on how to be a successful leader. He makes statements about how a leader should act and then backs them up with examples of how leaders have succeeded and failed throughout history and what caused their defeat or victory. He uses examples from various empires, but mainly focuses on examples from Italy, both in his time and during the Roman Empire. The Prince includes a lot of interesting historical information a...

The Prince is the consummate guide to assuming and maintaining power in Renaissance Italy: a defining work in political philosophy and the establishment of 'realpolitik' ideology. There were many parts I found somewhat hard to follow - Niccolo being a historian likes to 'drop names' of historical figures throughout the book... some I had knowledge of - many I did not. This made it a little bit hard to comprehend in certain places. I did find it an entertaining read that still very much rings thr...

Века идут, а в мире политики ничего глобально не меняется. Почти всё, написанное в данном трактате, легко можно натянуть на нынешние реалии: политику в целом и отдельных персонажей в частности. Так как я - представитель обычного народа, то некоторые вещи мне читать довольно больно и обидно, но в то же время - весьма поучительно. Книга даёт возможность приблизиться к пониманию происходящего вокруг, к способности видеть закономерности и тенденции. Ну и конечно же - что там за цель такая, которая о...

I used to be highly biased against Machiavelli, what with his reputation of being an evil thinker, then out of pure curiosity, I happened to read the Prince, a book that looks at how politics and state craft is, rather than how we wish it to be, ever since I have nothing but deep respect for him, and love for his magnificent work, it is scary how his character types for failing politicians match today's politicians.

I did not glean as much from these essays as I had hoped. But the book was extremely interesting and educational. At some point in "The Prince" I began to wonder if the entire work was not intended to be ironic. Certain assertions were so ridiculous and yet so seriously put forth, that I had to wonder.

It took me a long time to finish reading this; indeed it was sat on my shelf or bedside table for over a year until I forced myself to concentrate on it over other more easily read & understood books. But while I admit I found it difficult at times to fully understand many of Machiavelli’s ideas without re-reading sections several times over there are so many lessons taught that are as relevant today as they were 500 years ago. Numerous passages throughout ‘The Prince’ could relate directly to t...

"The Prince" is an excellent look into history, politics, and those who are at the top of successful powerful businesses. "The Art of War," however, took me almost 3 years to read only because it was the type of book I'd pick up when I couldn't decide what to read or couldn't sleep. Personally, I found it boring, overly detailed, but learned plenty about the military styles, defenses, training, and such of many countries during the 1400s. I love history, but I can find hundreds of other ways to