A modern form of this work's title concept was equated with revolutionary parties by Antonio Gramsci. This work advocates the use of native troops over auxiliary or mercenary forces, which can be unreliable. Voltaire revised Frederick the Great’s chapter-by-chapter refutation of this work. This work asserts (-5[1])that Fortune must be beaten and subdued “like a (10[1])woman.” (-5[1])This text advises its title figure (10[1])to combine approaches named (10[1])for the lion and the fox, corresponding to force and deception. For 10 points, name this political treatise that asserts it is better for a ruler to be feared than loved, (10[1])a tract dedicated to Lorenzo de Medici by Niccolo Machiavelli. (10[1])■END■