Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction 1
4. Part I: The Red Dawn of Modernity
5. 1. The Storm 11
6. Part II: A Political Philosophy
7. 2. The Philosopher 25
8. 3. The Discourses on Livy 43
9. 4. The Prince 65
10. 5. History as Politics 85
11. 6. War as an Art 105
12. Part III: Legacy, Reception and Influence
13. Introduction to Part II 117
14. 7. Authority, Conflict and the Origin of the State (Sixteenth to Eighteenth Centuries) 120
15. 8. Nationalism and Class Conflict (Nineteenth to Twentieth Centuries) 156
16. Chronology 171
17. Notes 175
18. References 195
19. Index 206