Amoral, merciless, ruthless, and above all, instructive, this multi-million-copy u003ciu003eNew York Times u003c/iu003ebestseller combines three thousand years of the history of power into forty-eight clear and concise laws. Robert Green details the laws of power in the rawest sense, synthesizing the thoughts of Sun Tzu, Carl von Clausewitz and other great theorists and strategists. This is the definitive manual for anyone interested in gaining, observing, or defending against ultimate control.