The Evil Necessity: British Naval Impressment in the Eighteenth-Century Atlantic World by Denver Brunsman (review)

Charles R. Foy

doi:10.1353/khs.2014.0060

The Evil Necessity: British Naval Impressment in the Eighteenth-Century Atlantic World by Denver Brunsman (review)

Charles R. Foy

Eastern Illinois University

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Original language	American English
Journal	The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society
Volume	112
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1353/khs.2014.0060
State	Published - Jan 1 2014

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Ethics and Political Philosophy

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