On the Art of War

Niccolò Machiavelli — one of the most famous Italian thinkers and political figures of the Renaissance (served as the Secretary of State in Florence), a writer, historian, military theorist, who created a number of historical and political works ("Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius", "History of Florence"). His most significant and ambiguous work became the treatise "The Prince". For many years, this book was associated with the politics of poison and dagger, and after its release, the term "Machiavellianism" appeared, denoting cynicism, permissiveness, duplicity in politics.
This edition introduces the reader to Machiavelli's treatise "On the Art of War", which stands alongside the greatest works on the theory of warfare. It is here that ideas first sound, the importance of which for the subsequent history of the Western world is hard to overestimate, supported by numerous examples of great victories and defeats of antiquity.
The treatise "On the Art of War" is presented in a new translation and is accompanied by an article and detailed notes.