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Jonathan Powell (Author)
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Publication Date: 28 July 2011 | ISBN-10: 0099546094 | ISBN-13: 978-0099546092 | Edition: Reprint

The New Machiavelli is a gripping account of life inside 'the bunker' of Number 10. In his twenty-first century reworking of Niccolo Machiavelli's influential masterpiece, The Prince, Jonathan Powell - Tony Blair's Chief of Staff from 1994 - 2007 - recounts the inside story of that period, drawing on his own unpublished diaries.

Taking the lessons of Machiavelli derived from his experience as an official in fifteenth-century Florence, Powell shows how these lessons can still apply today. Illustrating each of Machiavelli's maxims with a description of events that occurred during Tony Blair's time as Prime Minister, The New Machiavelli is designed to be The Prince for modern times.

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  • Paperback: 352 pages
  • Publisher: Vintage; Reprint edition (28 July 2011)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0099546094
  • ISBN-13: 978-0099546092
  • Product Dimensions: 12.9 x 2.2 x 19.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
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"Intriguing and engaging book... sets up fascinating parallels that prove there is really nothing new in politics" (Financial Times )

"A gloriously indiscreet political memoir... From a unique vantage point he gives brilliantly observed and witty accounts of the vanity of modern European princes... The merit of Powell's memoir is precisely that it lacks the intrusive ego of the big politician" (Dominic Lawson Sunday Times )

"It's a quirky, thoughtful take on the impact of The Prince on modern politics" (Anne McElvoy New Statesman, Books of the Year )

"Anyone who wants an insider's account of what makes politicians tick should read this book" (Peter Mandleson Guardian, Books of the Year )

"It tells us a great deal about the era that has just passed" (Chris Mullin Daily Telegraph, Books of the Year )

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From a former close adviser to Tony Blair, a devastating, frank and insightful analysis of how power is wielded in the modern world
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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars A good read, and insider's view of the Blair years 4 Mar 2011
By David Weston
Format:Hardcover
This is a good read, and for those interested in the Blair years, one of the best books from the pro-Blair camp. Powell was the ultimate insider, always at Blair's side. He is searing in his judgement on Gordon Brown, and backs this up with chapter and verse on exactly how Brown was so toxic. I read this soon after reading DC Confidental, Sir Christopher Meyer's book, and it covers much of the same ground (9/11, Iraq etc.). Both are worth reading.
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Surprise read 24 Nov 2010
By Nesbo
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
This book is a surprising page turner - couldn't put it down.
Fascinating how apropos Macheiveli's observations were regarding the wielding of power, but how Powell, after making such interesting comparisons indicating that flakey Blair and the pathetic nightmare that was Brown, ignored most of Machiaveli's advise, that he still considers Blair will go down in history as one of the best Prime Ministers of all time made me laugh out loud.
That the chaos, incompetence, the downright melicious and mendatious game playing that went on behind the scenes of New Labour, was allowed to carry on for such a long time, thus bringing the general publics attitudue to politics and politicians into the gutter, is truly shocking.
An excellent read but a shaming lesson on how not to behave.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars Good,but not the whole truth. 18 April 2011
By Mr. John Hunter
Format:Hardcover
Powell Jonathan, The New Machiavelli: How to wield power in the modern world (London, The Bodley Head, 2010)

This is an interesting book, built around Machiavelli; although in the early part Machiavelli seems to get in the way of the story about the Blair days in power. Indeed, it sounds more like the butler's view of what goes on inside No 10 than a text book on `how to wield power'. The picture however, is entertaining, the garden girls, `switch', the comings and goings of ministers and foreign dignitaries.
The flashes of insight also are fascinating, such as the importance of Blair's Chicago speech of 1999, the role of the PM in the European parliament or the need for Europe to be dealt with by a minister in the cabinet office rather than the FCO and the excellent and illuminating assessment on how to be a bridge between the US and Europe.
The curious use of `we' however, puzzled this reader at first. `We won' might be assumed to refer to Labour, but then `we appointed' or we moved out of Downing St makes it clear that it is a royal we of (the unelected) Powell and the PM.
Some of the best chapters however, are the appraisal of `inquiries', or the muddle over Europe, although one misses a candid analysis of the dominating oppressive presence of the Blair wars. Perhaps the subtext should be `how I hate Gordon Brown' as the latter seems to stray onto most pages in a threatening way.
At the end of the book, one is left with a sense of hiatus - the remarkable (unique?)ten year partnership of PM & chancellor and the reasons behind Blair's loyalty to Brown, are never really addressed.
Also was Brown's repeated complaint of Blair's moral corruption reflected by the latter's apparent deception over WMD in the Iraq war and his explanation of going into Hellman province not to fight but to assist development? Again perhaps sometime, despite `not doing God' , might we look forward to an examination of why Blair, the devout attender at mass, despite Christ's anti-war teaching was the most militaristic of all our post-1914 PMs.
John Hunter.
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3.0 out of 5 stars The conflict, the bias & the liar
In Phillip Powell's The New Machiavellian, he does what he vowed he was not going to do; he has attempted to firstly write, and then to rewrite history. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Floyd Millen
1.0 out of 5 stars Sycophantic drivel
Machiavelli must be turning in his grave, being likened to Blair - no substance,lots of bitching, sniping and arrogance, very little on Iraq, Mr Powell, Blair's legacy is that of a... Read more
Published 8 months ago by B. Armstrong
4.0 out of 5 stars Good account of Blair years - but the Machiavelli stuff interferes
Really good account - albeit partial - he's a Tony loyalist to the death - of the Blair years, but though I'm a fan of Machiavelli and studied him at University, and absolutely... Read more
Published 14 months ago by Martin Pierce
4.0 out of 5 stars A unique insight
Powell begins his book by stating that it isn't a memoir of his time in the Blair government, but a guide on how to govern which also draws lessons from Machiavelli. Read more
Published 15 months ago by T_RRed
3.0 out of 5 stars Better spend your time reading the old Machiavelli
"The Prince" is an excellent book written by a man who should be remembered as wise but has unfortunately had his name co-opted as a synonym for devious. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Roland Davis
3.0 out of 5 stars High Intelligence
Jonathan Powell is extremely intelligent as this book well confirms. Unfortunately this is all too clever by halves. A simple, straightforward treatment would have served better.
Published 20 months ago by T. Appleton
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent
I read this book straight after reading Tony Blair's book. It is well writen, engaging and offers an excellent study on leadership, with real examples. Read more
Published 22 months ago by Dr. J. S. Grewal
2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing and Selective
Having read Great Hatred Little Room I looked forward to reading this book. I was greatly disappointed. Read more
Published on 29 April 2011 by Bruce Finch
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it is an excellent book. the prose might not be as tidy and sharp as that of a professional journalist - but it should not be anyway like that. Read more
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