Salon Books: One Mean Renaissance Man - http://www.salon.com/books/it/1999/09/13/machiavelli/index.html Annie M. Paul writes about Machiavellianism and the human sciences, for example sociobiology and psychology.
The New York Times: The Original Spin Doctor - http://www.nytimes.com/books/00/12/03/reviews/001203.03stilet.html Alexander Stille's review of Maurizio Viroli's book "Niccolò's Smile". Also includes the first chapter of the book. Requires free registration.
The Executive - http://www.proaxis.com/~pharmon/contents.htm A parody of the Prince, by John Paul Harmon.
Isaiah Berlin: The Question of Machiavelli - http://www.nybooks.com/articles/10391 An overview of Machiavelli's ideas and their different interpretations, written by Isaiah Berlin. From The New York Review of Books.
Machiavellism - http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/cgi-local/DHI/dhi.cgi?id=dv3-15 The concept of Machiavellism and its history. By Felix Gilbert, from the Dictionary of the History of Ideas.
Thomas Babington Macaulay: Machiavelli - http://www.bartleby.com/27/24.html An old essay in which the author tries to tackle the common prejudices related to Machiavelli. From Bartleby.com.
Niccolò Machiavelli - http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/machiavelli/ The entry from the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Written by Cary Nederman.
CampusNut.com: The Prince - http://www.campusnut.com/book.cfm?article_id=733 Chapter-by-chapter plot summary and analysis, including Machiavelli's historical context.
What Machiavelli Learned From Moses - http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0699/machiavelli.html Michael Ledeen writes about Machiavelli and Moses. From the Jewish World Review.
Samizdata.net: Book Review of The Prince - http://www.samizdata.net/blog/archives/005761.html A review of the Prince as a weblog entry. Written from an "anti-statist" angle, by Andy Duncan.
Niccolo Machiavelli and The Prince - http://www.immediex.com/machiavelli.html A concise overview of The Prince, with an emphasis on the book's ideas and life strategies that are most relevant to the general leader.
Machiavelli Was Not Machiavellian - http://www.italian-american.com/machi2.htm David K. Fry argues that, as the title implies, Machiavelli is innocent of many things of which he has been accused. From the Italian American Web Site of New York.
Anti-Machiavel by Frederick the Great - http://www.geocities.com/danielmacryan/antimac.html The king of Prussia criticizes Machiavelli. Full text of the work, translator unknown.
Thoughts on Leo Strauss - http://www.j-bradford-delong.net/movable_type/2003_archives/001589.html A satirical weblog entry on Leo Strauss and Machiavelli. By Brad DeLong.
The Devil's Morals: Ethics in Machiavelli's The Prince - http://www.literature-study-online.com/essays/machiavelli.html Footnoted essay by Souvik Mukherjee. Asserts that in this work Machiavelli presents an opportunistic ethics of convenience.
Lecture on Machiavelli - http://www.mala.bc.ca/~johnstoi/introser/machiavelli.htm A lecture on The Prince given by Ian Johnston in February 2002 at Malaspina University-College. The author discusses the ways to read, interpret and understand the work.
Notes on The Prince - http://www.xs4all.nl/~maartens/philosophy/machiavelli/machavelli_index.htm Maarten Maartensz's notes to The Prince, and the full text of the W.K. Marriott translation of the work.
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