Christopher Lynch, Professor of Political Science at Missouri State University and author of Machiavelli on War, joins the show to talk about renaissance warfare and Niccolò Machiavelli.
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• 01:20 Introduction
• 01:56 Machiavelli’s world
• 03:52 French invasion
• 07:08 Republicanism
• 13:42 Mercenary armies
• 22:50 Time in office
• 27:30 Battle
• 33:17 Resurrecting Rome and Greece
• 38:00 Catastrophic endings
• 41:31 Exile and writings
• 45:54 Good guy or bad guy?
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