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Unnecessary Wars (Paperback)
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Unnecessary Wars (Paperback)
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Loot Price R519
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'Australian governments find it easy to go to war. Their leaders
seem to be able to withdraw with a calm conscience, answerable
neither to God nor humanity.' Australia lost 600 men in the Boer
War, a threeyear conflict fought in the heart of Africa that had,
ostensibly, nothing to do with Australia. Coinciding with
Federation, the war kickstarted Australia's commitment to fighting
in Britain's wars overseas, and forged a national identity around
it. By 1902, when the Boer War ended, a mythology about our
colonial soldiers had already been crafted, and a dangerous
precedent established. This is Henry Reynolds at his searing best,
as he shows how the Boer War left a dark and dangerous legacy,
demonstrating how those beliefs have propelled us into too many
unnecessary wars - without ever counting the cost.
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