Machiavelli : a life beyond ideology /: a life beyond ideology. (2010)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Paul Oppenheimer.
• Other Names: Oppenheimer, Paul, 1939-
• Contents: List of illustrations; Preface; Introduction: Modern Evil and The Sack of Rome; Machiavelli and the Changing Universe; Family and Growing Up; Early Education; The Cosmic Package; Poetry, Music and Militarism; Murder in the Duomo; A Boyhood Excursion; The Lost Years; Poetry and the Medici; The Religious Revolution; The World of War and Diplomacy; Executions and an Official Appointment; Caterina Sforza and the Crisis at Pisa; The Military Quandary; On the Move with the French King; The Long French Patience; Marriage and a Hint of Cesare Borgia; Meeting the Captain-General. Investigating the Sources of PowerRetribution and Dominance; Plans to Change the Arno; The First Journey to Rome; Cesare's Downfall and the First Decennale; Anarchy and the Citizen Militia; The German Enigma; Victory at Pisa; A Government Overthrown; Into a Tuscan Exile; The Aftermath of Freedom; Making History at Sant'Andrea; Power and Memory; The Ambush of Love; Literary Adventures; Reflecting on the Craft of War; The Dream of History; Lights before the Storm; The Assault on Rome and a Fatal Illness; Epilogue: The Historical Afterglow; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
• Publisher Details: London : Continuum
• Publication Date: 2010
• Extent: 1 online resource (337 pages)
• Subjects: 320.1092; Statesmen -- Italy -- Florence -- Biography; Political scientists -- Italy -- Florence -- Biography; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Political; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Essays; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- General; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- National; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Reference; Political scientists; Statesmen; Italy -- Florence; Electronic books; Biography
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781441153159; 1441153152; 9781847252210; 1847252214; 1283322064; 9781283322065
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 318-328) and index.; Note: Print version record.
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