Bibliography/References

Gustave Le Bon, Psychologie der Massen, ISBN 3-520-09915-2 (in german), some of his books are available at amazon.com in english and at internetbookshop.it in italian.
Gustave Le Bon was a psychologist/sociologist who lived and observed the French Revolution. His insights guided many successful modern politicians on their way to power.

Curzio Malaparte, Tecnica del colpo di stato. Curzio Malaparte spent most of World War II as a fascist ambassador to other countries, among them Germany. Despite the fascist tendency of his books, they are straight to the point when it is about identifying the way political power works. Original texts are available at  internetbookshop.it, some translations and explanations at  amazon.com

Michael Korda, Power! how to get it, how to use it, ISBN 0-345-32578-2

You can order the original text by Curzio Malaparte at http://www.internetbookshop.it. It is difficult to find it in other languages. You can find some books of him at http://www.amazon.com