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  Diplomacy

  by Henry Kissinger

  THE SEMINAL WORK ON FOREIGN POLICY AND THE ART OF DIPLOMACY Moving from a sweeping overview of history to blow-by-blow accounts of his negotiations with world leaders, Henry Kissinger describes how the art of diplomacy has created the world in which we live, and how America's approach to foreign affairs has always differed vastly from that of other nations. Brilliant, controversial, and profoundly incisive, ... (more)
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  The Art of War

  by Sun Tzu

  The Art of War is one of the oldest books on military strategy in the world. It is also one of the most famous studies of strategy and has had a huge influence on Eastern and Western military planning, business tactics, and beyond. First translated into a European language in 1782 by French Jesuit Jean Joseph Marie Amiot, and had possibly influenced Napoleon, and even the planning of Operation Desert Storm.... (more)
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  The Prince

  by Niccolo Machiavelli

  I cited this edition but I refer to the e-Book with original text downloaded from The University of Adelaide Library and edited by Raúl Hernández Olea providing: Latin, Italian and Spanish titles; relocation of notes; Appendix; Machiavelli’s portrait; exhaustive text revision; and fine functionality for Microsoft Reader and Adobe Reader. Cover picture (Santorini), an allegory from Webshots Community. Appendix by... (more)