In consequence of the adoption of those false politics, which turned everything on the king's sole and single person, the whole plan of the war was reduced to nothing but a coup de main, in order to set that prince at liberty.
Burke critiques the misguided political strategies that focused solely on the king, undermining the war effort.
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