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Canada’s Little War: Fighting for the British Empire in Southern Africa, 1899-1902 |
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| Format | Softcover | |
| Catalogue No. | 1-55028-805-9 | |
| Pages | 104 | |
| Language | English only | |
| Price | $19.95 | |
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Written by Carman Miller. Paperback edition published by James Lorimer & Company Ltd., 2006 (Hardbound edition was published in 2003). Description: |
| Now in paperback, Canada’s Little War is the first
illustrated history of Canada’s involvement in the Boer War. Control of
rich resources; gold and diamonds; and strategic advantage were at stake when
Great Britain waged war against two republics in southern Africa that declared
independence. Canada was divided. Many Canadians wanted to see their country
prove its loyalty to the Empire by sending troops to fight alongside the
British. Others felt Canada had no quarrel with the Boers, and no justification
for taking up arms against them and their much-demonized leader. In the end, the Canadian government sent 7,000 Canadian troops to South Africa, to augment a British force 200,000 strong. Some contributed to conventional military victories; others became part of a horrifying ‘dirty war,’ where the British used scorched-earth tactics and created concentration camps that imprisoned women and children. Canadian experiences both home and abroad foreshadowed their experiences in the great conflagration to come, the First World War. Boer War expert Carman Miller’s book explores Canada’s involvement in the conflict. He goes beyond conventional military history to tell not only of the military experience of Canadian troops, but of Canadians left behind at home. The Boer War affected a generation, and those experiences both home and abroad would leave Canadians with a stronger and deeper sense of themselves as a nation at the dawn of the twentieth century. |
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