This amoral, cunning, ruthless, and instructive book synthesizes the philosophies of machiavelli, sun tzu, and carl von clausewitz with the historical fiction legacies of statesmen, warriors, seducers, and con men throug...This amoral, cunning, ruthless, and instructive book synthesizes the philosophies of machiavelli, sun tzu, and carl von clausewitz with the historical fiction legacies of statesmen, warriors, seducers, and con men throughout the ages.