The Boer War
Subtitle: Direction, Experience and Image (Cass Series--Military History and Policy)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Routledge
Published: November 3, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780714651019
Subjects: African history: c 1500 to c 1900; African history: from c 1900 -; War & defence operations; c 1800 to c 1900; c 1900 - c 1914; Political Freedom & Security - International Secur; History - General History; History; History: World; Republic of South Africa; Southern Africa; South African War, 1899-1902; Africa - South - South Africa; Political Science / International Security; Military - General; Congresses
First sentence: 'The English here are like things with their tails cut off, wrote the young radical Lloyd George, in Welsh, of the parliamentary reaction to the news that as late as March 1902 the Boers were capable of defeating a sizeable British column and capturing the general in command after some of his men had run away.1