Secondary Sources and Study Guides
Links
Machiavelli on War
http://www.xenophongi.org/milhist/renaissance/machessy.htm
An introduction to Machiavelli's contributions to military theory, one of his main areas of interest. Written by John Sloan.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
What Machiavelli Learned From Moses
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0699/machiavelli.html
Michael Ledeen writes about Machiavelli and Moses. From the Jewish World Review.
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.