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    By A Half-Pay Officer
    London   [The Pamphleteer]
    8.5" by 5.5" [2], 159-169pp
    The very scarce first edition of this anonymously authored argument that unchecked authority within the army leads to injustice, and that soldiers have a duty to refuse commands that violate their conscience.
    By A Half-Pay Officer

    1820 An Argument on Military Obedience

    London   [The Pamphleteer]
    8.5" by 5.5" [2], 159-169pp
    The very scarce first edition of this anonymously authored argument that unchecked authority within the army leads to injustice, and that soldiers have a duty to refuse commands that violate their conscience.
    £90.00
    : 0.5kgs / : 968F26
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    First Edition, Very Scarce

    The very scarce first edition of this work.

    Anonymously authored by 'A Half-Pay Officer', implying that the author was likely commenting on military discipline from the perspective of an officer no longer in full active service.

    The essay challenges the idea that soldiers must obey all orders without question. The author argues that true military obedience must be guided by moral judgement and justice, not blind submission.

    From The Pamphleteer, vol. XVII, no. 33 [Pamphlet 7]

    Condition

    Unbound, as issued. Externally, bright. Internally, binding strained, first three leaves tenderly held to the rest of the work. Pages clean and bright.

    Good

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