"rule of thumb," or simple habit and common sense, and instead use the scientific method to study work and determine the most efficient way to perform specific tasks.
One of the goals in writing the prince was to win the favor of Lorenzo de Medici
It was the "Sons of Liberty" that was the organization that specifically promoted support for the war against the British among the american people, mainly due to grievances over taxation.
Containment was the plan to stop the spread of communism. The U.S was convinced that if one country fell to communism then the surrounding ones would eventually fall to communism. We did our best to control Communism in the east. According to the U.S Countries were either purely democratic or purely communist. there was no in between.