The science of management. How to build a great state and win in wars. Sun Tzu

Few people know that the famous treatise N. Machiavelli “Sovereign” was written on the basis of works created long before him. Thus, the Machiavelli tips for warfare took from the well-known “art of war” of the Sun-Tzu, Chinese strategist and thinker in Europe from ancient times, and the advice on managing the state from the “science of management” written by Kautilia, the main adviser to Tsar Chandragupta, who created in India to the Great Empire and reflected the offensive by Alexander the Great.

Of course, the Machiavelli treatise is not a simple copy of these works, the author creatively revised them in accordance with his tasks, but acquaintance with the works of Sun Tzu and Cautilla shows that according to their depths and severity, they often surpass the "sovereign."