This is held to be the first explanation of the modern concept of totalitarian state. Burke regarded the war with France as ideological, against an "armed doctrine". He wished that France would not be partitioned due to the effect this would have on the balance of power in Europe, and that the war was not against France, but against the revolutionaries governing her. Burke said: "It is not France extending a foreign empire over other nations: it is a sect aiming at universal empire, and beginning with the conquest of France". COUNT 4
QSN1 What did Burke think the war with France was against? ANS1 an "armed doctrine" QSN2 Burke hoped which country wouldn't be partitioned? ANS2 France QSN3 What kind of empire did Burke think the French revolutionaries wanted? ANS3 universal QSN4 Who did Burke think the war was against, rather than France as a whole? ANS4 the revolutionaries governing her