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First published 1722

A Discourse of Standing Armies, shewing the Folly, Uselessness, and Danger of Standing Armies in Great Britain

by Thomas Gordon

London: T. Warner, 1722 (3rd ed.); Online Library of Liberty edition21 pages

A Discourse of Standing Armies, shewing the Folly, Uselessness, and Danger of Standing Armies in Great Britain by Thomas Gordon is available as a free PDF and EPUB download at freecapitalists.org.

Author
Thomas Gordon
First published
1722
Format
PDF and EPUB
Pages
21
Publisher
London: T. Warner, 1722 (3rd ed.); Online Library of Liberty edition
License
Public domain by publication date.

A 1722 pamphlet by Thomas Gordon, the coauthor of Cato's Letters, attacking permanent standing armies in Britain. It argues that they are costly, useless against invasion when a country has a navy and a militia, and dangerous to liberty because they can be turned against the people.

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5 chapters · 8,084 words · free to read here

  1. A DISCOURSE OF Standing Armies, &c.
  2. A LIST Of the Present Standing Forces.
  3. About Liberty Fund
  4. The Online Library of Liberty
  5. Copyright Information

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