This volume includes extensive selections from Edmund Burke's writings (and speeches) on India, America, and Ireland, which illustrate the depth of his thinking on such subjects as national identity, rights of self-determination, and the relations among peoples.

Editors' Notes -- Chronology of Burke's Life and Times -- Introduction -- Burke and International Relations -- Burke's Life and International Affairs -- Burke and the Theory of International Relations -- Burke's Relevance -- Writings and Speeches -- On Ireland -- On America -- On India -- On the French Revolution