"My views coincide with the historians' because that is where I got them from."
No you didn't Keith otherwise you would have produced them - you haven't - you have just claimed you have.
Where has one single historian dismissed all the reasons for men joining up in the way you have - they haven't - you made it up.
You appear to be receiving voices in your ear telling you what to believe - you weren't interpreting at Mandela's funeral, where you - he's just said that he was getting the same messages?
If you are not going to read a book, at least read your own cut-'n-pastes.
You're a joke Keith and you're not going to let it be "all over by Christmas" because of your obsession with having the last word without actually saying anything
Around 250 postings on this thread from to and you still haven't said anything - get a life Keith
Jim Carroll