The Strategy of Machiavelli

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Was Machiavelli serious or sarcastic? This video takes Machiavelli's political writings and interprets them through the lens of state strategy during the Italian Wars. Here, Machiavelli appears not as a philosopher or jokester, but as an experienced diplomat aware that Italian republicanism was losing out to the ascendant monarchies of Europe. To counter this, he proposed a dualistic strategy, where both power disruption and maintenance become important weapons in a prince's arsenal. • SCRIPT: https://strategosstuff.blogspot.com/2... • All errors are my own. I apologize for the bad sound quality. • ▬ CHAPTERS ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ • 0:00 - Introduction • 1:40 - Machiavelli’s Dualism: Fortuna and Virtù • 4:15 - The Strategy of Virtù • 9:34 - The Strategy of Fortuna • 21:24 - Conclusion • ▬ SOURCES ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ • Machiavelli N. The Essential Writings of Machiavelli. Modern Library 2007. • 'The Prince' • 'How Duke Valentino Killed the Generals Who Conspired Against Him' • 'Discourse on Pisa', 'Pistoian Matters', 'On How to Treat the Populace of Valdichiana After Their Rebellion' • Miscellaneous Letters • Machiavelli N. Art of War. University of Chicago Press 2005. • Machiavelli N. Discourses on Livy. https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10827 • Machiavelli N. Florentine Histories. https://www.gutenberg.org/files/2464/... • Benner E. Machiavelli's Prince. Oxford University Press 2013. • Mallet M; Shaw C. The Italian Wars 1494-1559. Routledge 2018. • Mitchell A. The Grand Strategy of the Habsburg Empire. Princeton University Press 2018. • Craig G; Alexander G. Force and Statecraft. Oxford University Press 1995. • USA. National Security Strategy. 2017. • USA. Summary of the 2018 National Defense Strategy. 2018. • ▬ ATTRIBUTIONS ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ • Wikipedia (Maps + Basic facts) • Google Maps • Sandler T, George J. 'Military Expenditure Trends for 1960–2014 and What They Reveal' in Global Policy 7:2, Mar 2016. (Military Expenditure) • World Bank Open Data (Military Expenditure) • SIPRI Military Expenditure Database (Military Expenditure) • Made using Powerpoint 2013, WavePad and VideoPad.

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