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Originally Posted by shek
Low-tech,
I've never read it either; my only Machiavelli read to date is most of his Discourses on Livy. However, his most famous work is The Prince. His Discourses on Livy provide some great strategic insight and ways of thinking; however, it is confined to the strategy of the state and how it should be led. |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niccol%C3%B2_Machiavelli
down at the bottom are links to sites that host his complete works.
a few of them have "the art of war", all 7 books, and alot of other books he wrote.
i believe the prince was written for a specific person who was about to inherit a provence in italy. i dont know much about military stategy and stuff but its a good and an interesting look at mediavel europe at the time it was written. there is definately a military angle at parts, i dont know how good it is because he was a politician, not a general or soldier.