The Annotated Prince/Contents

CONTENTS

PREFACE INTRODUCTION THE MAN AND HIS WORK

The Prince

DEDICATION

I HOW MANY KINDS OF PRINCIPALITIES THERE ARE, AND BY WHAT MEANS THEY ARE ACQUIRED II CONCERNING HEREDITARY PRINCIPALITIES III CONCERNING MIXED PRINCIPALITIES IV WHY THE KINGDOM OF DARIUS, CONQUERED BY ALEXANDER, DID NOT REBEL AGAINST THE SUCCESSORS OF ALEXANDER AT HIS DEATH V CONCERNING THE WAY TO GOVERN CITIES OR PRINCIPALITIES WHICH LIVED UNDER THEIR OWN LAWS BEFORE THEY WERE ANNEXED VI CONCERNING NEW PRINCIPALITIES WHICH ARE ACQUIRED BY ONE'S OWN ARMS AND ABILITY VII CONCERNING NEW PRINCIPALITIES WHICH ARE ACQUIRED EITHER BY THE ARMS OF OTHERS OR BY GOOD FORTUNE VIII CONCERNING THOSE WHO HAVE OBTAINED A PRINCIPALITY BY WICKEDNESS IX CONCERNING A CIVIL PRINCIPALITY X CONCERNING THE WAY IN WHICH THE STRENGTH OF ALL PRINCIPALITIES OUGHT TO BE MEASURED XI CONCERNING ECCLESIASTICAL PRINCIPALITIES XII HOW MANY KINDS OF SOLDIERY THERE ARE, AND CONCERNING MERCENARIES XIII CONCERNING AUXILIARIES, MIXED SOLDIERY, AND ONE'S OWN XIV THAT WHICH CONCERNS A PRINCE ON THE SUBJECT OF THE ART OF WAR XV CONCERNING THINGS FOR WHICH MEN, AND ESPECIALLY PRINCES, ARE PRAISED OR BLAMED XVI CONCERNING LIBERALITY AND MEANNESS XVII CONCERNING CRUELTY AND CLEMENCY, AND WHETHER IT IS BETTER TO BE LOVED THAN FEARED XVIII CONCERNING THE WAY IN WHICH PRINCES SHOULD KEEP FAITH XIX THAT ONE SHOULD AVOID BEING DESPISED AND HATED XX ARE FORTRESSES, AND MANY OTHER THINGS TO WHICH PRINCES OFTEN RESORT, ADVANTAGEOUS OR HURTFUL? XXI HOW A PRINCE SHOULD CONDUCT HIMSELF SO AS TO GAIN RENOWN XXII CONCERNING THE SECRETARIES OF PRINCES XXIII HOW FLATTERERS SHOULD BE AVOIDED XXIV WHY THE PRINCES OF ITALY HAVE LOST THEIR STATES XXV WHAT FORTUNE CAN EFFECT IN HUMAN AFFAIRS AND HOW TO WITHSTAND HER XXVI AN EXHORTATION TO LIBERATE ITALY FROM THE BARBARIANS