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Robert Greene’s The 48 Laws of Power is a modern classic on strategy, influence, and survival. Drawing from history’s greatest figures—Machiavelli, Napoleon, Sun Tzu—Greene distills centuries of wisdom into 48 principles for navigating human ambition and rivalry. The book is both revered and reviled: praised as brutally honest about the realities of power, and criticized…