Description: New essays exploring the relationship between warfare and Enlightenment thought both historically and in the present.
Brief description: PATRICIA ANNE SIMPSON is Professor of German at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Review Quotes: Adding an important perspective to existing monographs on eighteenth-century military history as well as our understanding of the Enlightenment, Enlightened War is original in its conception and stimulating in its variety. It should lead to further . . . discussion of the subjects it addresses, especially those related to contemporary considerations of human rights and the legitimate use of violence.-- "MONATSHEFTE"