Painting the Map Red
Canada and the South African War, 1899-1902
Published on 1. February 1993
592 pages
978-0-7735-6344-5 (ISBN)
Description
Painting the Map Red is based on extensive research into public and private papers from printed and manuscript sources in both Canada and Britain. Carman Miller attempts to explain why men volunteered for service in this distant conflict despite the rancorous pre-war debate on the wisdom of Canadian participation. He examines the difficulties of leading citizen soldiers and compares the differing styles of leadership. He also reveals how the soldiers'' experiences in the field and the public''s perceptions of the war altered Canadian opinion, politics, and military development.
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Content
- Intro
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Maps
- Preface
- 1 Splendid Imperialism
- 2 The Anatomy of Canadian Opinion
- 3 The Campaign for Participation
- 4 Fielding a Canadian Contingent
- 5 Making Citizens into Soldiers
- 6 The Battle against Boredom
- 7 Bloody Sunday
- 8 The Dawn of Majuba Day
- 9 The Spirit of Belmont
- 10 Gaining and Guarding Pretoria
- 11 The Return
- 12 Sending a Second Contingent
- 13 The Karoo Campaign
- 14 Mafeking and Pacifying
- 15 Rebel Chasers and Railway Artillery
- 16 The Test of Battle
- 17 On Fighting Patrol
- 18 Liliefontein
- 19 The Riotous Return
- 20 Lord Strathcona's Horse and Foot
- 21 Buller's Scouts
- 22 The Lydenburg Campaign
- 23 Chasing De Wet
- 24 Bringing the Heroes Home
- 25 The Unhappy Warriors
- 26 Harts River
- 27 Canada's Last Contingents
- 28 The Home Front
- Appendix: The Other Canadians
- Notes
- Index
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- Q
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- Y
- Z
