The New Machiavelli, how to wield power in the modern world, Jonathan Powell
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The New Machiavelli, how to wield power in the modern world, Jonathan Powell
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The New Machiavelli
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Jonathan Powell
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how to wield power in the modern world
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'Niccolo Machiavelli is misunderstood,' argues Jonathan Powell in his twenty-first-century reworking of the Italian philosopher's influential masterpiece, "The Prince". Taking the lessons Machiavelli derived from his experience as an official in fifteenth-century Florence, Powell shows how these lessons can still apply today. Illustrating each of Machiavelli's maxims with a description of events that occurred during Tony Blair's time as Prime Minister, "The New Machiavelli" is designed to be "The Prince" for modern times. Like "The Prince", "The New Machiavelli" is short, stark and clear. It provides a gripping account of life inside 'the bunker' of Number 10 and draws lessons from those experiences, not just for political leaders but for anyone today who has access to the levers of power
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adult
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