The Idealized Prince: A Comparative Analysis of Traits
This five-page undergraduate paper compares and contrasts Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, Richard the Lionheart, and Saladin, and examines how each of them demonstrated some of the leadership tactics and strategies of Machiavelli's idealized prince. The author notes that each of them also violated some of Machiavelli's maxims, and in determining which leader more closely resembles Machiavelli's idealized prince, the author concludes that Alexander was more Machiavellian than Caesar, Richard I, and Saladin.
