The Boer War: A HistoryBloomsbury Publishing, 2013 M03 15 - 368 pages The Boer War of 1899-1902 was an epic of heroism and bungling, cunning and barbarism, with an extraordinary cast of characters - including Churchill, Rhodes, Conan Doyle, Smuts, Kipling, Gandhi, Kruger and Kitchener. The war revealed the ineptitude of the British military and unexpectedly exposed the corrupt underside of imperialism in the establishment of the first concentration camps, the shooting of Boer prisoners-of-war and the embezzlement of military supplies by British officers. This acclaimed book provides a complete history of the Boer War - from the first signs of unrest to the eventual peace. In the process, it debunks several of the myths which have grown up around the conflict and explores the deadly legacy it left for southern Africa. |
Contents
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Part III The Campaigns 18991902 | 103 |
Part IV The Ambivalences of War | 219 |
Part V The Peace | 267 |
Winners and Losers | 298 |
Chronology | 303 |
Some Leading Figures | 308 |
Abbreviations | 311 |
Notes | 312 |
Bibliography | 323 |
Index | 332 |
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