"No standing armies!" : the antiarmy ideology in seventeenth-century England /
Schwoerer, Lois G.,author.
Facsimile of an edition originally published: Maryland : The Johns Hopkins University Press, ©1974.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-202) and index.
Origins of the English antimilitary attitude -- The petition of right of 1628: the antimilitary sentiment hardens -- Theory of parliamentary command of the militia: 1641-1642 -- The new model army criticized: 1647-1660 -- The military settlement at the restoration: 1660-1667 -- Principle and propaganda in the 1670s -- Standing armies: 1685-1689 -- The climax of the standing army issue in parliament and press: 1697-1699 -- Conclusion: eighteenth-century echoes.
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Standing army.