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Henry V is, in fact, Shakespeare's archetype of the perfect Hero-King precisely because of his Machiavellian qualities (which certainly are present)--Henry understands, as he explains during his tour of the army before Agincourt, that the moral demands upon a King are very different from those upon ordinary men.
The anti-hero of the movie is Kenneth Duberstein (Mandy Patinkin), the Machiavellian strategist who shepherded the candidate through the nomination process.
Under the most Machiavellian theory, the election of a Democratic Congress in 1998 would be bad for Gore, since he would have to run against Speaker Gephardt in 2000.
Is Henry the archetype of the Hero, Machiavellian or otherwise?
In short, China's "distinctive" edge lies in combative, Machiavellian, mud-slinging, blustery, self-righteous politicians.