Political ethics, military art and science, War, Livy, Roman Empire, Ab Urbe Condita 

The Modern Library 

Nothing could be more timely than the publication at this moment of history of the two works which made Machiavelli both famous and infamous as a model for contemporary statesmen. The Prince and The Discourses have become required reading for an understanding of our daily newspaper headlines. These books have never before been printed in a single volume. The texts are complete and unabridged. An illuminating introduction is provided by Max Lerner who traces the career and thought of the first analyst of power and the uses to which political domination can be put for aggression and the expanding control of the state.

Taken from the inside flap.

The Prince translated from the Italian by Luigi Ricci, revised by ERP Vincent.

The Discourses on the First Ten Books of Livy translated from the Italian by Christian E Detmold.