The 48 Laws of Power
by Robert Green
Amoral, cunning, ruthless, and instructive, this piercing work distills
three thousand years of the history of power in to forty-eight well
explicated laws. As attention—grabbing in its design as it is in its
content, this bold volume outlines the laws of power in their
unvarnished essence, synthesizing the philosophies of Machiavelli,
Sun-tzu, Carl von Clausewitz, and other great thinkers. Some laws teach
the need for prudence ("Law 1: Never Outshine the Master"), the virtue
of stealth ("Law 3: Conceal Your Intentions"), and many demand the total
absence of mercy ("Law 15: Crush Your Enemy Totally"), but like it or
not, all have applications in real life. Illustrated through the tactics
of Queen Elizabeth I, Henry Kissinger, P. T. Barnum, and other famous
figures who have wielded—or been victimized by—power, these laws will
fascinate any reader interested in gaining, observing, or defending
against ultimate control.
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