Power at what Price? Describes Machiavelli and the intentions of his book, "The Prince". Talks about rulers that have followed the ideas in his book: Adolf Hitler and Saddam Hussein.

Power at what Price? 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 …

…teachings have been followed by many since the publishing of The Prince in the 1500's, including Adolph Hitler and Saddam Hussein. Although they are not favored, they followed Machiavelli's advice and became very powerful rulers of their respective countries. The ideas of The Prince are very true, although most of the public does not want to admit that they are. Machiavelli proves in his book that great power comes at the price of it's people.