This new and up-to-date edition of a book that has been central to political phi
losophy, history, and revolutionary thought for two hundred years offers readers
a dire warning of the consequences that follow the mismanagement of change. Wri
tten for a generation presented with challenges of terrible proportions--the Ind
ustrial, American, and French Revolutions, to name the most obvious--Burke's Ref
lections of the Revolution in France displays an acute awareness of how high pol
itical stakes can be, as well as a keen ability to set contemporary problems wit
hin a wider context of political theory.
