For a Kinder, Gentler Society
Thomas Jefferson: Thoughts on War and Revolution
  • Brett F. Woods
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While Jefferson is responsible for a voluminous body of literature, this is the first time an editor has focused principally on his comments regarding war and revolution.

The format of the selected letters, as Jefferson wrote them, is preserved whenever possible, and they are presented for the interest of a general readership as well as for students of military, diplomatic, or political history.

The addressees are identified, particularly those who have been lost to history, and, where indicated, explanatory notes are provided to assist the reader in placing the correspondence in its particular historical, political, or conceptual context; readers are encouraged to arrive at their own conclusions as to the intention of a particular piece of correspondence.


About the Author

Brett F. Woods received his Ph.D. in literature from the University of Essex, England. A senior executive fellow of the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, he has served an editor for both the Journal of Interdisciplinary Twentieth Century Studies and The Best Century: A Journal of the Nineteenth Century.

The author of numerous books and essays relating to political, military and literary history, he has seen his writings published in various academic and mainstream periodicals such as The California Literary Review, The Canadian Journal of History/Annales canadiennes d'histoire, The Asian Studies Review (Australia), and the Richmond Review (England). Dr. Woods has taught historical method at the university level.

Dr. Woods has three books with Algora Publishing.

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Pages 200
Year: 2008

Perfect Bound (soft)
Available December 2008
ISBN: 978-0-87586-636-9
Price: USD 22.95
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