Category: Self Help, Relationship & Marriage
Amoral, cunning, ruthless, and instructive, this piercing work
distils three thousand years of the history of power into 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 require prudence ("Law 1: Never Outshine the Master"), some stealth
("Law 3: Conceal Your Intentions"), and some the total absence of mercy
("Law 15: Crush Your Enemy Totally"), but like it or not, all have
applications in real-life situations.
Illustrated through the
tactics of Queen Elizabeth I, Henry Kissenger, P T Barnum, and other
famous figures who have wielded - or been victimised by - power, these
laws will fascinate any reader interested in gaining, observing or
defending against ultimate control.