![]() What I didn’t realize is that this practice is centuries old. I always saw this as a way of establishing that the new person, though they hadn’t come up through the ranks, was in charge. ![]() ![]() ![]() A reorganization and layoffs were inevitable. When new managers, people from outside the organization, were hired, they would come in and clean house. I once worked for a large organization, a company with over 10,000 employees. Of the eight selections represented, five of them are new to the Second Edition, including Pasquale Villari's comic portrayal of Machiavelli's first diplomatic post in 1499, Francesco Guicciardini's lofty rebuttal to Machiavelli, and a collection of Tuscan Sayings to further the reader's understanding of this timeless text.An updated Selected Bibliography is also included. Adams."Marginalia" is an eclectic collection of writings germane to both Machiavelli and The Prince. ![]() Included are excerpts from The Discourses, a report from a diplomatic mission, a collection of private letters, and two poems from Carnival Songs."Interpretations" retains three of the previous edition's seminal essays while adding five selections by Felix Gilbert, Federico Chabod, J. Accurate, highly readable, and thoroughly revised for the Second Edition, this translation renders Machiavelli's 1513 political tract into clear and concise English."Backgrounds" relies entirely upon Machiavelli's other writings to place this central Florentine in his proper political and historical context. ![]()
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