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The 48 Laws of Power

by Robert Greene · 1988 · 496 pages

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This amoral, cunning, ruthless, and instructive book synthesizes the philosophies of Machiavelli, Sun Tzu, and Carl Von Clausewitz with the historical legacies of statesmen, warriors, seducers, and con men throughout the ages.

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Subject
businessself-helppsychologyhistorypolitics
Genre
historical fictionwar and military
Themes
workpoliticsmoralityrelationships
Setting
20th centurylibya
Mood
thought provokinginspirational
Audience
adult
Length
long · 496 pages

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