Amoral, cunning, ruthless, and instructive, this
multi-million-copy New York Times bestseller is the definitive manual
for anyone interested in gaining, observing, or defending against
ultimate control – from the author of The Laws of Human Nature.
In
the book that People magazine proclaimed “beguiling” and “fascinating,”
Robert Greene and Joost Elffers have distilled three thousand years of
the history of power into 48 essential laws by drawing from the
philosophies of Machiavelli, Sun Tzu, and Carl Von Clausewitz and also
from the lives of figures ranging from Henry Kissinger to P.T. Barnum.
Some
laws teach the need for prudence (“Law 1: Never Outshine the Master”),
others teach the value of confidence (“Law 28: Enter Action with
Boldness”), and many recommend absolute self-preservation (“Law 15:
Crush Your Enemy Totally”). Every law, though, has one thing in common:
an interest in total domination. In a bold and arresting two-color
package, The 48 Laws of Power is ideal whether your aim is conquest,
self-defense, or simply to understand the rules of the game.