The Boer War had exposed deficiencies in the British Army and in 1903, Amery wrote "The Problem of the Army" and advocated its reorganisation. In "The Times" he penned articles attacking free trade using the pseudonym "Tariff Reformer" and in 1906, he wrote "The Fundamental Fallacies of Free Trade". Amery described it as "a theoretical blast of economic heresy" because he argued that the total volume of British trade was less important than the question of whether British trade was making up for the nation's lack of raw materials and food by exporting its surplus manufactured goods, shipping, and financial acumen.