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The Prince

By: Niccolò Machiavelli
Narrated by: David McCallion
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In an attempt to appeal to the Medici family during the Italian Renaissance, Machiavelli outlines the way to acquire and retain political power, and how great men should behave in a princely government. The book is divided into four parts - types of principalities and state, proper conduct of a prince as military leader, personal conduct of a prince, and the disparity of Italy's political situation. Many listeners will be able to see principals that Machiavelli advocates for are still used in many political systems today.

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the reader made this unbearable to listen to and so I will refund this book

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I think that studying military strategy more generally would serve you better than reading this book to understand statecraft. At best this is a very broad anecdotal philosophy for modelling success at statesmanship and military leadership.

It tries to give a generalized strategy for overcoming political and military obstacles in for people of all ages but without a strong examination of military strategy it doesn't make its case strongly enough.

Overrated

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This was read very monotonously and with no attempt to pronounce the Italian names of people correctly with the accent on the penultimate syllable.

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really liked the voice and performance of the reader. a story that remains pertinent today.

great

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I thoroughly enjoyed Machiavelli's perspectives. Very interesting to observe political machinations past and present, in companies and in countries, the same dynamics play out.

The Prince helps to give language to the experience of leadership in politics, corporate, ministry or otherwise.

I would advise against taking on board everything unquestioningly, but there is lots of helpful information here.

The more things change the more they stay the same

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