Machiavelli

Machiavelli was a famous philosopher and strategist on Earth One.

Biography
At some point in time Machiavelli developed key principles of political strategy.

Legacy
Vandal Savage was at times compared to Machiavelli.

In 2006 while participating in the debating society in Oxford, Clifford DeVoe debated how the principles of Machiavelli could be applied to modern brinkmanship.

Behind the scenes

 * In the real world Niccolò Machiavelli (3 May 1469 – 21 June 1527) was an Italian diplomat, politician, historian, philosopher, humanist, and writer of the Renaissance period.
 * In the DC comics Machiavelli was referenced and channeled several times, including a character nicknamed Lord Machiavelli, an advisor of a street gang named Wall Street Irregulars and an enemy of Green Arrow, first appearing in Detective Comics #525.