Writings on Standing Armies

by David Womersley

Book Overview

The questions of where to locate, in whose hands to place, and how to exercise the state's powers of deadly military force inform a perennial topic in political theory and coalesce into a recurrent problem in political practice. Liberty Fund presents Writings on Standing Armies, a newly collected, authoritative edition of the most important pamphlets on the "standing armies" controversy of 1697-98. In addition, these writings express a subtext...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 086597912X
• ISBN13: 9780865979123
• Release Date: March 2020
• Publisher: Liberty Fund
• Length: 746 Pages
• Weight: 2.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.0" x 8.8"