Excerpt from A Strong Army in a Free State: A Study a the Old English and Modern Swiss Militias IT was observed recently by a writer in the Times that if the educated British citizen had known but a little more of African affairs the whole history of our dealings with the two Republics would have been changed, and war would in all probability have been avoided. This pamphlet is designed to correct the very widespread and mischievous misconceptions, countenanced at this critical time even by public writers and speakers, as ...
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Excerpt from A Strong Army in a Free State: A Study a the Old English and Modern Swiss Militias IT was observed recently by a writer in the Times that if the educated British citizen had known but a little more of African affairs the whole history of our dealings with the two Republics would have been changed, and war would in all probability have been avoided. This pamphlet is designed to correct the very widespread and mischievous misconceptions, countenanced at this critical time even by public writers and speakers, as to the real history of compulsory Militia in England and the working of a very similar system in modern Switzerland. If the first step towards an appreciation of our British Regulars is to get out of one's head all idea as to their being mercenaries in the usual reproachful sense, certainly it is still more necessary, in considering the Swiss army, to rid ourselves of all preconceived notions as to con scription in its French and German signification. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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