Las 48 Leyes del Poder

Amoral, merciless, merciless and, above all, very instructive, this incisive work concentrates three thousand years of the history of power into forty-eight clear and concise laws. It details the laws of power in their crudest essence, synthesizing the thought of Machiavelli, Sun Tzu, Carl von Clausewitz and other great theorists and strategists. Some laws suggest prudence ('Law No. 1: Never eclipse your master'); others, secrecy ('Law No. 3: hide your intentions'); still others, a total lack of mercy ('Law No. 15: completely crush your enemy').