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Strictures on Mr. Burke's Two Letters Addressed to a Member of the Present Parliament on the Proposals for Peace With the Regicide Directory of ... for Funding the Navy Debt (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Ralph Broome

 
9780267992546: Strictures on Mr. Burke's Two Letters Addressed to a Member of the Present Parliament on the Proposals for Peace With the Regicide Directory of ... for Funding the Navy Debt (Classic Reprint)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0267992548 ISBN 13: 9780267992546
Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2019

Synopsis

A brisk, critical look at Burke's two letters and the push for war with France.

This edition sets the premise and questions behind the smoke of wartime rhetoric. It weighs arguments about liberty, government, and the costs of national debt, with a wary eye on political leaders and public opinion.

  • Analyzes how terms like jacobinism are used in debate and what they imply about policy.
  • Explains critiques of funding the navy and managing public finances during war.
  • Contrasts ideas of liberty, property, and the role of government in eighteenth‑century Britain.
  • Offers a clear, argument‑driven examination of the consequences of political choices.

Ideal for readers of historical political debates and 18th‑century polemics.

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Publisher
Forgotten Books
Publication date
2019
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0267992548
ISBN 13 
9780267992546
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
42