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Made in Birmingham: Lloyd George, Chamberlain, and the Boer War
- Biography
- University of Hawai'i Press
- Volume 11, Number 2, Spring 1988
- pp. 124-139
- 10.1353/bio.2010.0580
- Article
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In illustration of the politics of conscience, David Lloyd George risked power, prestige, and wealth by opposing the Boer War. By speaking against the war in Birmingham, political home of Joseph Chamberlain—whose war it was—Lloyd George also risked his life. It was his courage in Birmingham that made Lloyd George's political career.