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Machiavelli and the Problems of Military Force - A War of One's Own (Hardcover)
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Machiavelli and the Problems of Military Force - A War of One's Own (Hardcover)
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Central to Niccolo 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 a central problem to Machiavelli's case for why
modern political institutions offer modes of political existence
that ancient ones did not. Starting from the influence of Lucretius
and Aelianus Tacticus on the Dell'arte della guerra, Erwin examines
Machiavelli's criticism of mercenary, auxiliary, and mixed forces.
Giving due consideration to an overlooked conceptual distinction in
Machiavelli studies, this book is a valuable and original
contribution to the field.
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