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Author Caldwell, Theodore C., editor.

Title The Anglo-Boer War: why was it fought? : Who was responsible? Edited with an introd. by Theodore C. Caldwell.

Publication Info. Boston : D.C. Heath [1965]

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 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  968.2    Check Shelf
Description xviii, 103 pages : map. ; 24 cm.
Series Problems in European civilization
Problems in European civilization.
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 101-103.
Contents 1. A war to protect British subjects in the Transvaal? A test case for protection by the Mother Country / Arthur Keppel-Jones -- Which rider in the saddle : Uitlander of Boer? / John Hays Hammond -- 2. Caused by capitalist profiteers? A small Confederacy of International Mine-Owners / John A. Hobson -- 3. Caused by Jameson's "criminal blunder"? Chamberlain did not foreknow the raid / R. C. K. Ensor -- British officials were guilty / Ethel Drus -- "Raking the Raid" / Jean van der Poel -- 4. The clash of opinion in Britain, 1899. A far ranging Boer conspiracy / E. T. Cook -- How the British government caused the war / W. T. Stead -- 5. Caused by jingoism? The forces of press, platform, and pulpit / John A. Hobson -- 6. A war to preserve the british empire? The whole future of the Dominions was concerned / R. C. K. Ensor -- Britain's goal : A united South Africa / C. W. de Kiewiet -- The blunders of imperial diplomacy / William L. Langer -- South Africa : Another Canada or another United States? / Ronald Robinson, John Gallagher, and Alice Denny -- The threat of an independent South Africa / J. S. Marais -- 7. Caused by personalities? Chamberlain : A wise and resourceful statesman? / J. L. Garvin -- Reform in the Transvaal or War / Alfred Milner.
Subject South African War, 1899-1902 -- Causes.
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