Machiavelli and the Problems of Military Force: A War of One's Own

by Sean Erwin

Book Overview

Central to Niccol Machiavelli's writing is the argument that a successful state is one that prefers to lose with its own arms (arma propriis) than to win with the arms of others (arma alienis). This book sheds light on Machiavelli's critiques of military force and provides an important reinterpretation of his military theory.

Sean Erwin argues that the distinction between arma propriis and arma alienis poses...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350323810
• ISBN13: 9781350323810
• Release Date: January 2024
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"