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Applied Comparisons:
The South African War through the Prism of American History
Safundi: The Journal of South African and American Studies :: Vol. 8, No. 3 (2007)
At the start of the twentieth century, many Americans used comparative history -- or, more specifically, an applied form of it -- to understand, internalize, and opine on world developments. Open debates sought to sway public opinion and germinate foreign policy based on historical interpretation. In this context three noteworthy historians considered the war unfolding in South Africa between the British colonial government and the Afrikaners, what would come to be called the Boer War, the Anglo-Boer War, and more recently, the South African War of 1899–1902.
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