```The journalist Johann Hari has made some criticisms of Roberts. In an April 2007 article in The New Republic Johann Hari accused Roberts of supporting massacres against civilians, including the 1919 Amritsar massacre, which Roberts called ``necessary``, and British concentration camps built during the Boer War (1899–1902), using quotes from Roberts's books on Salisbury and A History of the English Speaking People.`` Again no direct reference link!    `