This notorious, multi-million-copy international bestseller is the definitive non-fiction guide for anyone interested in gaining, observing, or defending against absolute control. Synthesizing three thousand years of history, Greene draws from the philosophies of Machiavelli, Sun Tzu, and Carl von Clausewitz, as well as the lives of figures from Queen Elizabeth I to Henry Kissinger. Each law is meticulously broken down with historical transgressions, observances, and keys to power. The text cuts through modern workplace idealism to expose the raw, underlying psychological power dynamics that govern corporate, political, and social hierarchies. It serves as an essential, foundational catalog centerpiece for strategy and self-help book inventories.