"Fortify yourself against the likes of you." The Craft of Power teaches many things: Crime, it is here to stay—be versed A power play without money can only be a farce Mix blame with pain in your punishments Expect foul play Coil yourself omnidirectionally Be quick in masking yourself and unmasking others Martyrs must be honored if power is to flourish Never confuse exhilaration with power Never, never, never, never outshine the big boss This remarkable book presents a step-by-step system to develop an appreciation of the underlying principles of personal power and its enhancement. A compelling blend of erudition, wit, storytelling, cynicism, morality, and practicality, The Craft of Power is profuse with techniques for managing people and organizations, for developing a personal philosophy of power, and for implementing this philosophy. If you can live with it, it can live with you. Let not the wailing and groaning of the innocent weaken your will to win and keep. R.G.H. Siu received his Ph.D. in chemistry from the California Institute of Technology. He has worked for Harvard, the Army, the Department of Justice, the Panel on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy of the Joint Congressional Committee on Atomic Energy, and as Chairman of Members of the Academy for Contemporary Problems, and has lectured all over the world to academic and business groups. Most recently he has been an independent consultant in corporate strategy, research and development management, and social problems. Among his books are The Tao of Science and, forthcoming from Quill, Transcending the Power Game: The Way to Executive Serenity. Contents: PART I POWER POSTURE PART II OPERATIONAL SPECIFICS ENTERING THE ARENA I. Nature of power 2. Minidemocracies 3. Executives and persons of power 4. Theories on power 5. Justifications LEARNING THE FUNDAMENTALS 6. Professionalism 7. Skepticism and vigilance 8. The big game 9. King makers 10. Capacity limitations II. Illicit means 12. Legal porosity and elasticity 13. Associated sufferings 14. Custom 15. Myth 16. Efficiency 17. Time constraints 18. Indices of progress 19. Levelheadedness 20. Mortgage payments 21. Treatment of cadre 22. Constituency HONING STRATEGIES AND TACTICS 23. The eight axioms 24. Offense 25. Defense 26. Interstitialist 27. Subterranean 28. Opportunist 29. Permeator 30. Coalition VECTORING RESOURCES 31. Para proprietary control 32. People 33. Money 34. Indentitive inducements 35. Push-pull 36. Nonviolence 37. Gut feeling SHAPING COMMUNICATIONS 38. Need to know 39. Private channels 40. Data translation 41. Intelligence 42. Integrative principle 43. Orthopraxy 44. Propaganda methods ORCHESTRATING CEREMONIES 45. Strategy reinforcement 46. Participation 47. Credibility 48. Reasonableness 49. Consensus 50. Objective expertise 51. Legitimacy 52. Loftiness 53. Higher authority 54. A winner MANEUVERING AND STRIKING 55. Ready flexibility 56. Propitiousness 57. Three sets of three questions 58. N-cushion billiard 59. Injected hopelessness 60. Concomitant blame 61. Adaptive centrality 62. Multifaceted speed 63. Surprise 64. Chinese baseball 65. Antisocial context 66. Interpretive prerogative 67. Law of reversal 68. Consolidation 69. Instant focus of relevant totality NEGOTIATING AND PRESSING ON 70. Cessation of active confrontation 71. Conduct of negotiation 72. Consummation 73. Continuum of power REFLECTING ON MORALITY 74. Ends and means 75. Bigness 76. Institutional power amplification 77. Depersonalization 78. Personal options 79. Duty 80. Compassion 81. Nobility