The Half-Way Pacifist: Thomas Jefferson's View of War

by Reginald C Stuart

By the middle of the eighteenth century war had come to be regarded as a limited instument of state policy and one that should be controlled in the interests of social justice and human progress. Thomas Jefferson's attitude towards war emerged from this Enlightenment tradition and evolved in response to the issues he faced during his career. Drawing on comments scattered through his letters and other writings and an interpretation of the policies...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1487573413
• ISBN13: 9781487573416
• Release Date: December 1978
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 104 Pages
• Weight: 0.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher