people from various religions, including Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, and atheists, such as communists. Hitler had built the support of an entire nativist Nazi army over the years with the Beer Hall Putsch, his book Mein Kampf, a book that narrates his struggle in Germany, and his tremendous oratory skills. Using this army he was able to bully his way into a dictatorial position and dissolve the Reichstag, eliminating the last bit of democratic government left in Germany. Once in power, he was able to successfully stay in power by using the guidelines given in The Prince. The work acknowledges that mixed principalities are of the more difficult to control. To hold such a land in your power, you must first "extinguish the line of princes" (15). In Hitlers case, the "princes" meant anyone who had any sort of political power in Germany, and he was swift and efficient in killing them, and outlawing their political parties. Machiavelli also said it is better not to share power, and Hitler followed this by killing all those in his own Nazi party that had any sort of power, including his whole elite "blackshirt" army. The final, and most important issue of maintaining a mixed principality is the use of force and strict policies, which Hitler used without fail. Acquiring and maintaining rule over new principalities is, of course, trickier business. Machiavelli said that these could be held securely only by being a "cruel and resolute individual," such as Messer Remirro de Orca, who, according to Machiavelli, "brought peace and unitygaining great respect" (31). In other words, new principalities, such as Czechoslovakia and Poland in Hitlers case, can be kept y nothing less than extreme force, military power, and cruelty including loss of personal freedoms. Hitler employed all of these policies in the lands he gained, and was able to hold on to them rather strongly. Machiavelli said "it would be best to be both loved and fearedthe two rarely com...
