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Church & State...
Sorry, that's Commager not Cammager
Scout wrote: In college I was privy to a private debate between two of my professors. All I wanted was to get a form signed but ended up in their office, hearing this impromptu deliberation (they very nearly came to blows) about whether the U.S. would have been better off had the Revolution not occurred. Thanks for the suggestion too, I'll look for the book. -- Scout "Knowing the storm is coming only makes me more nervous." "Flying Tadpole" wrote in message ... Scout wrote: snip I think the various monarchs went back and revised their play books after the U.S. Revolution, so as to not lose all. Of course, that is just my opinion, but I see plenty of evidence in human behavior to support it.snip See if you can lay hands on a gorgeous little book: Cammager, Henry Steele and Giordanetti, Elmo (1967) "Was America a mistake? an eighteenth-century controversy" Harper & Row. Library of COngress Cat card 67-21563 From the viewpoint of Europe, a mistake it was indeed!!!! And there was very hasty revision, much good it did the Bourbons. -- Flying Tadpole ------------------------- Learn what lies below the waves of cyberspace! http://www.internetopera.netfirms.com -- Flying Tadpole ------------------------- Learn what lies below the waves of cyberspace! http://www.internetopera.netfirms.com |
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