A Narrative of the Boer War
Author : Thomas Fortescue Carter
Publisher : London : Remington
Page : 662 pages
File Size : 20,40 MB
Release : 1883
Category : Transvaal (South Africa)
ISBN :
Author : Thomas Fortescue Carter
Publisher : London : Remington
Page : 662 pages
File Size : 20,40 MB
Release : 1883
Category : Transvaal (South Africa)
ISBN :
Author : Martin Bossenbroek
Publisher : Seven Stories Press
Page : 641 pages
File Size : 47,17 MB
Release : 2018-01-30
Category : History
ISBN : 1609807480
The Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902) is one of the most intriguing conflicts of modern history. It has been labeled many things: the first media war, a precursor of the First and Second World Wars, the originator of apartheid. The difference in status and resources between the superpower Great Britain and two insignificant Boer republics in southern Africa was enormous. But, against all expectation, it took the British every effort and a huge sum of money to win the war, not least by unleashing a campaign of systematic terror against the civilian population. In The Boer War, winner of the Netherland's 2013 Libris History Prize and shortlisted for the 2013 AKO Literature Prize, the author brings a completely new perspective to this chapter of South African history, critically examining the involvement of the Netherlands in the war. Furthermore, unlike other accounts, Martin Bossenbroek explores the war primarily through the experiences of three men uniquely active during the bloody conflict. They are Willem Leyds, the Dutch lawyer who was to become South African Republic state secretary and eventual European envoy; Winston Churchill, then a British war reporter; and Deneys Reitz, a young Boer commando. The vivid and engaging experiences of these three men enable a more personal and nuanced story of the war to be told, and at the same time offer a fresh approach to a conflict that shaped the nation state of South Africa.
Author : Thomas Pakenham
Publisher :
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 18,97 MB
Release : 1993
Category : South African War, 1899-1902
ISBN : 9781868420742
Author : Thomas Fortescue Carter
Publisher :
Page : 574 pages
File Size : 15,93 MB
Release : 1882
Category :
ISBN :
Author : Thomas Fortescue Carter
Publisher :
Page : 574 pages
File Size : 11,96 MB
Release : 1900
Category : Transvaal (South Africa)
ISBN :
Author : Arthur Welham Alsazer Pollock
Publisher :
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 13,91 MB
Release : 1900
Category : South African War, 1899-1902
ISBN :
Author : Thomas Fortescue Carter
Publisher : Wentworth Press
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 22,83 MB
Release : 2016-08-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9781371147716
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Author : Thomas Fortescue Carter
Publisher : Nabu Press
Page : 586 pages
File Size : 24,87 MB
Release : 2013-12-08
Category :
ISBN : 9781294388845
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Author : A. T. Mahan
Publisher : Рипол Классик
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 50,73 MB
Release : 1902
Category : History
ISBN : 5872411499
The war in South Africa. A narrative of the Anglo-Boer war from the beginning of hostilities to the fall of Pretoria
Author : Elizabeth van Heyningen
Publisher : Jacana Media
Page : 670 pages
File Size : 20,63 MB
Release : 2013-09-30
Category :
ISBN : 1431405442
This is the first general history of the concentration camps of the Anglo-Boer or South African War in over fifty years, and the first to use in depth the very rich and extensive official documents in South African and British archives. It provides a fresh perspective on a topic that has understandably aroused huge emotions because of the great numbers of Afrikaners, especially women and children, who died in the camps. This fascinating social history overturns many of the previously held assumptions and conclusions on all sides, and is sure to stimulate debate. Rather than viewing the camps simply as the product of the scorched-earth policies of the war, the author sets them in the larger context of colonialism at the end of the 19th century, arguing that British views on poverty, poor relief and the management of colonial societies all shaped their administration. The book also attempts to explain why the camps were so badly administered in the first place, and why reform was so slow, suggesting that divided responsibility, ignorance, political opportunism and a failure to understand the needs of such institutions all played their part.