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Scapegoats of the Empire: The True Story of Breaker Morant's Bushveldt Carbineers by Edward Witton (Paperback, 2020)

Witton's scathing political indictment of the British Empire during the Boer War, originally published in 1907. The basis for the movie Breaker Morant . Witton's main assertion, as indicated by the book's provocative title, was that he, Morant, and Handcock were made scapegoats by the British authorities in South Africa - that they were made to take the blame for widespread British war crimes against the Boers, and that the trial and executions were carried out by the British for political reasons, partly to cover up a controversial and secret no prisoners policy by Kitchener, and partly to appease the Boer government over the killing of Boer prisoners, in order to facilitate a peace treaty; the Treaty of Vereeniging was signed on 31 May 1902.

Author
Edward Witton
Publication Name
Scapegoats of the Empire: the True Story of Breaker Morant's Bushveldt Carbineers
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
History
Publication Year
2020
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
160 Pages

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