Machiavelli and the Intentions of his Book "The Prince"

In the early 1500's Niccolo Machiavelli published a book, The Prince on the control of one's power. The book was dedicated to the current prince of the Medici family, Giuliano de Medici, in Machaivelli's hopes to get on the prince's good graces and obtain an important government office. Giuliano de Medici died three years after Machiavelli's book was published, but although Machiavelli did gain a reputation in the Medici family, he never did receive an office position. He did, however, acquire international recognition that continues through today. Machiavelli's The Prince offers knowledge, good and bad, on how to successfully maintain an empire, and has been followed by modern rulers such as Hitler and Saddam Hussein.…