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# Art of War

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Art of War

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Timeless Advice
*by S***A on September 12, 2013*

The Art Of War, considered by Niccolo Machiavelli (NM) himself to be his greatest work. In his book 'The Prince', NM wrote "A Prince, therefore must not have any other object nor any other thought, nor must he adopt anything as his art but war, its institutions, and its discipline; because that is the only art befitting one who commands." So it's no surprise that NM would be inclined to write a book such as this, so as to present towards us, on how a Prince would approach military matters.The book is segmented into 7 chapters or books; each segment deals with it's respective matter. Book 1 for example deals with recruitment, book 2 with ordering, and so and so forth. NM unlike his other books (Prince, Discourses, Florentine) is not the author in this book, this book is a dialogue, the lead discussant being Fabrizio, an Italian captain, who with a couple of youths, interested in the art of war, are discussing the art of war. Fabrizio, mostly, bases his true model of a milita upon Ancient Roman examples. He does reference other ancient institutions; Rome however is his main topic of discussion.At the time when NM wrote this; Italian militia wasn't so far ahead as it is now. There were a few exceptions, artillery was new (cannons), arquebeis (if that is how you spell it), warfare, for the most part, was pretty much the same as Ancient warfare. NM's advice would not suffice for modern warfare, although there are few advices that would be adequate for all times. For example Fabrizio points out that the cornerstone of every war is necessity; Fabrizio explains to the reader that if a captain or a general were to drive his men towards necessity, compel them to fight or die, he would in the end have an advantage because his men are more willing to fight than the enemy's. Of course we all know NM, if you've read his other books, almost never makes a claim without providing examples. The book is filled with many examples, each time a claim or statement is made it is followed through with an example. And I love this kind of reasoning because NM doesn't go around pulling words out of his ass, he backs it up.Also I recommend you buy the translated version by Christopher Lynch, I had, before buying this, purchased the Wilder publication and the translation was horrible, here is an example "page 24: "have nede of defence, and when thei have no defence of their owne, thei hire struangers, and the straungers defence, shall hurt moche sooner the common weale". I returned that book right away and bought this one.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Es bueno
*by R***V on February 23, 2025*

Es muy bueno

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ WellMade book. Great translation.
*by P***  on November 23, 2023*

Beautiful Book, only it arrived with the cover bent up. Other places were separating as well, Fixed it up a bit where you cannot notice. Some books look great! Some a tad rough around the edges..

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