Not only was Machiavelli writing about a specific kind of state in a specific region and era, he did so in the moment that a military revolution was happening there. From my perspective, Art of War is his most interesting work, not The Prince. I mean to read his histories in translation.
Not only was Machiavelli writing about a specific kind of state in a specific region and era, he did so in the moment that a military revolution was happening there. From my perspective, Art of War is his most interesting work, not The Prince. I mean to read his histories in translation.