Origin of the Anglo-Boer War Revealed: The Conspiracy of the 19th Century Unmasked: (2nd Ed.)

Written in the crucible of the Anglo-Boer War itself, C.H. Thomas offers a provocative thesis: the conflict that has engulfed South Africa was not a simple clash between British imperialism and Boer farmers, but the result of a shadowy conspiracy orchestrated by the Afrikaner Bond, a secret organization that manipulated the Boer populace into hostilities while powerful figures in Holland pulled the strings. Thomas draws on nearly four decades of personal experience among the Boers to build his case, arguing that the Afrikaners, far from being aggressors, were largely duped into war by outside agitators. This is historical polemic at its most contentious, a book written in anger, designed to assign blame rather than merely record events. Whether one accepts Thomas's conclusions or not, his account remains a fascinating window into how the war was understood by its contemporaries, and a stark reminder that the 'origins' of any conflict are always contested terrain.