The Garments of Court and Palace
- 256 pages
- 9 hours of reading
One of America's leading public intellectuals presents a fascinating portrait of Machiavelli, his most infamous work, The Prince, and the world in which it was written.
Philip Bobbitt Book order (chronological)
Philip Bobbitt is a distinguished American author and academic, renowned for his contributions to military strategy and constitutional law. His writings delve deeply into the nature of constitutional theory and its evolution over time. Bobbitt examines the intricate interplay between war, peace, and the course of history, offering insightful perspectives on the forces shaping international relations and political stability. His analyses provide readers with a profound understanding of power dynamics and governance in the contemporary world.
Terror and Consent argues that, like so many states and civilizations in the past that suffered defeat, we are fighting the last war, with weapons and concepts that were useful to us then but have now been superseded. Philip Bobbitt argues that we need to reforge links that previous societies have made between law and strategy; to realize how the evolution of modern states has now produced a globally networked terrorism that will change as fast as we can identify it; to combine humanitarian interests with strategies of intervention; and, above all, to rethink what 'victory' in such a war, if it is a war, might look like.
The Shield of Achilles: War, Peace, and the Course of History
- 960 pages
- 34 hours of reading
For five centuries, the State has evolved according to epoch-making cycles of war and peace. But now our world has changed irrevocably. What faces us in this era of fear and uncertainty? How do we protect ourselves against war machines that can penetrate the defenses of any state? Visionary and prophetic, The Shield of Achilles looks back at history, at the “Long War” of 1914-1990, and at the the death of the nation-state and the birth of a new kind of conflict without precedent.