title: Machiavelli in Modern Times: Political Theory in the Leadership of Stalin, Churchill and Roosevelt During the Second World War
abstract: Few theorists were as provocative as Niccoló Machiavelli. Famously, the Florentine strategist crafted a detailed and controversial theory on how to lead a state as an executive in his treatise, The Prince. While this work focused on principalities, Machiavelli’s principles can be applied to many different forms of political leadership. This thesis offers a limited analysis of Machiavelli’s writings, restricting the research to The Prince to make the project more feasible and to eliminate potenti
journal: Carolina Digital Repository (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)