THE HANDBOOK FOR LEADERS
The Prince is often regarded as the first true leadership book. It shocked contemporary readers with its ruthless call for fearless and effective action. With simple prose and straightforward logic Machiavelli's guide still has the power to surprise and inform anyone hoping to make their way in the world.
This keepsake edition includes an introduction by Tom Butler-Bowdon, drawing out lessons for managers and business leaders, and showing how The Prince remains vital reading for anyone in the realm of business or politics.
Dedication 5
I Of the Various Kinds of Princedom, and of the Ways in Which They are Acquired 9
II Of Hereditary Princedoms 11
III Of Mixed Princedoms 15
IV Why the Kingdom of Darius, Conquered by Alexander, Did Not, on Alexander's Death, Rebel Against His Successors 31
V How Cities or Provinces Which Before Their Acquisition Have Lived Under Their Own Laws are to Be Governed 37
VI Of New Princedoms Which a Prince Acquires With His Own Arms and by Merit 41
VII Of New Princedoms Acquired By the Aid of Others and By Good Fortune 49
VIII Of Those Who By Their Crimes Come to Be Princes 63
IX Of the Civil Princedom 71
X How the Strength of All Princedoms Should Be Measured 79
XI Of Ecclesiastical Princedoms 83
XII How Many Different Kinds of Soldiers There are, and of Mercenaries 89
XIII Of Auxiliary, Mixed, and National Arms 99
XIV Of the Duty of a Prince In Respect of Military Affairs 107
XV Of the Qualities In Respect of Which Men, and Most of all Princes, are Praised or Blamed 113
XVI Of Liberality and Miserliness 117
XVII Of Cruelty and Clemency, and Whether It is Better to Be Loved or Feared 123
XVIII How Princes Should Keep Faith 129
XIX That a Prince Should Seek to Escape Contempt and Hatred 135
XX Whether Fortresses, and Certain Other Expedients to Which Princes Often Have Recourse, are Profitable or Hurtful 153
XXI How a Prince Should Bear Himself So As to Acquire Reputation 161
XXII Of the Secretaries of Princes 169
XXIII That Flatterers Should Be Shunned 173
XXIV Why the Princes of Italy Have Lost Their States 179
XXV What Fortune Can Effect in Human Affairs, and How She May Be Withstood 183
XXVI An Exhortation to Liberate Italy from the Barbarians 191
