Painting the Map Red: Canada and the South African War 1899-1902 by Carman Miller - 1998-05

McGill-Queen's University Press, 1998. Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

U.S.A.: Mcgill Queens Univ Pr, 1998 There Were A Few World Events That Were Skipped Over In School, Even Though They Were Spoken Of By Family Members Or Mentioned In Novels. One Was The Spanish-American War, Which Of Course Turned Out To Have Communists In It, And Was Therefore Too Embarrassing To Talk About For Some Decades. The Other Was The Boer War. I Just Looked It Up In Wikipedia: No Communists, Just Dutch Settlers Versus Zulus Followed By The British Empire Versus Settlers. Now I Understand The Title, "Painting The Map Red." In My Day, It Was Always Pink For The Commonwealth But Red Might Be More Suitable. For Some Reason, Canada Was Very Enthusiastic About Getting Involved. Here Is A Bit Of Info From Fred Stenson Whose Book, The Great Karoo, Which I Have Been Meaning To Read, Explains: " The Boer Was Said To Be About Democratic Rights For Non-South African Workers, But It Was Really About The Value Of The Rand Gold Fields And The Fear That This Wealth Might Fall Under The… Read More

Montreal & Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1998. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Softcover. Clean, tight, and unmarked. A sound and handsome copy, very neat. Illustrations, maps, appendix, notes, index. .

Ottawa: Canadian War Museum [0-7735-1750-2] 1998. (Trade paperback) 541pp. Fine. Maps, photographs, illustrations, notes, index. "In October 1899, before the outbreak of the war in South Africa, Sam Hughes, the maverick Conservative imperialist, predicted ominously that the map of Africa would be painted Empire red only through the shedding of blood". Time Period 1899-1902. Series: Canadian War Museum Historical Publication 28. (Military--Canada, Boer War, British Empire, Foreign Affairs, Military--Canada, South African War).

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.