Philological Quarterly, March 22nd, 1996
Daniel Defoe had an accepting attitude towards war, and this was typical for English writing of the 17th-18th centuries. For example, Defoe's 'An Essay upon Projects' declared 'the art of war' as the peak of man's knowledge. Defoe admired military heroes and leaders, and he could express a sense of wonder at the battlefield ordeals of soldiers, while his descriptions of battles were especially brilliant. He also wrote on military politics, such as the standing army controversy.
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Few lines in Defoe's writings are more startling to the modern sensibility than those that appear near the beginn...
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