jnaser 's review for:

The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli
1.0

I’m not sure why I read this. It feels like a companion piece to The Art of War. This is effectively a manual for tyrant wannabes on how to manipulate, threaten and murder your way to power, and how to take advantage of others (through manipulation, threats and violence) to maintain power once it is achieved. It applies to probably fewer than 25 dictators in the world today, and overall was just dreadful.