Author Retains CopyrightGoldstone, Paul William2011-05-312022-10-262011-05-312022-10-2619931993https://ir.wgtn.ac.nz/handle/123456789/24633This thesis is an analysis of the debate over national defence from 1900 to 1909 in New Zealand. The defence measures undertaken in 1909, namely the gift of a Dreadnought and the introduction of compulsory military training, were the outcome of a number of factors- ideas about defence and the Empire which originated in the Boer war, a militaristic culture with its foundation in social Darwinist assumptions about race and war, fears about Germany and Japan, and the agitation for radical defence measures by a group of committed imperialists.pdfen-NZhttps://www.wgtn.ac.nz/library/about-us/policies-and-strategies/copyright-for-the-researcharchiveImperialismMilitary policyNew Zealand military policyNew Zealand defencesTextAll rights, except those explicitly waived, are held by the Author