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Why the Boers Lost the War
Leopold Scholtz
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Description for Why the Boers Lost the War
paperback. Num Pages: 202 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBJH; HBL; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127. .
Why did the British win the Anglo-Boer War? Although there is truth in the simple statement that they were much stronger than the Boers, it does not explain everything. Therefore, the main focus of this book is to analyse the most important strategic and operational decisions made on both sides, and to measure them according to accepted modern military theory. It is shown that both the British and Boer war efforts were very haphazard at the beginning, but that both learnt as the war went on. In the end, the British got the Boers in a vice from which they ... Read more
Why did the British win the Anglo-Boer War? Although there is truth in the simple statement that they were much stronger than the Boers, it does not explain everything. Therefore, the main focus of this book is to analyse the most important strategic and operational decisions made on both sides, and to measure them according to accepted modern military theory. It is shown that both the British and Boer war efforts were very haphazard at the beginning, but that both learnt as the war went on. In the end, the British got the Boers in a vice from which they ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
202
Condition
New
Number of Pages
202
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349525188
SKU
V9781349525188
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99-15
About Leopold Scholtz
LEOPOLD SCHOLTZ is a South African historian and journalist. He studied at the University of Stellenbosch, the Rand Afrikaans University and the University of Leiden in The Netherlands, where he obtained a doctorate in history in 1978. He is the author and co-author of several books and academic articles about South African and European history. At present he is deputy ... Read more
Reviews for Why the Boers Lost the War
' Why the Boers Lost does offer insight on some aspects of the wasr, in particular the Boer War Councils, and it does a good job in succinctly detailing British responses to Boer guerrilla tactics like Kitchener's "New Model Drives." - Stephen M. Miller, H-New Reviews (H-SAfrica)