The 48 Laws of Power

Cunning instructive and amoral this controversial bestseller distills 3 000 years of the history of power into 48 well-explicated laws. Law 1: Never Outshine the Master. Law 3: Conceal Your Intentions. Law 7: Get Others to Do the Work for You but Always Take the Credit. Law 15: Crush Your Enemy Totally. Law 33: Discover Each Mans Thumbscrew. These are the laws of power in their unvarnished essencethe philosophies of Machiavelli (The Prince) Sun-tzu (The Art of War) Carl von Clausewitz Talleyrand the great seducer Casanova con man Yellow Kid Weil and other legendary thinkers and schemers. They teach prudence stealth mastery of ones emotions the art of deception and the total absence of mercy. Like it or not all have practical applications in real life. Each law is illustrated with examples of observance or transgression drawn from history and featuring such famous figures as Queen Elizabeth I Henry Kissinger Mao Alfred Hitchcock P.T. Barnum Haile Selassie Catherine the Great and Socrates. Convincing practical sometimes shocking this book will fascinate anyone interested in gaining observing or defending against ultimate control.