The Art of War by Ellis Farneworth, Niccolò Machiavelli

247 pages first pub 1532 (editions)

nonfiction classics philosophy politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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In medieval warfare, organization, staff services, hierarchy of command, and codes of military law were nonexistent. Machiavelli changed all that. For him, discipline was of supreme importance. War is war, he believed, a no-holds-barred contest, a...

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informative 84%
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challenging 42%
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inspiring 10%
tense 5%
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hopeful 1%

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