Machiavelli: Statecraft, Dual Morality & The Prince Political Science Virtuous Violence and The Politics of Statecraft in Machiavelli The Statecraft of Machiavelli: Butterfield, Herbert: Amazon.com: Books Machiavelli: Doctrine of Statecraft, Dual Morality, and the Role of the. The practical political methods advocated by Niccolo Machiavelli (1469 1527) have attracted devotees among the leadership of each generation, from the Borgias of Renaissance Florence to the Marxists of today. Published 1967. Binding of book is intact. Moderate tearing, chipping, shelfwear and some foxing on covers of book. Slight tanning and foxing on edges of book. Some foxing on insides of covers. Annotation in pencil on inside of front cover and sticker on inside of back cover. Slight foxing on certain pages.