The Great Boer War

The Great Boer War

The Great Boer War (1899 - 1902) â€“ more properly the Great Anglo-Boer War â€“ was one of the last romantic wars, pitting a sturdy, stubborn pioneer people fighting to establish the independence of their tiny nation against the British Empire at its peak of power and self-confidence. It was fought in the barren vastness of the South African veldt, and it produced in almost equal measure extraordinary feats of personal heroism, unbelievable examples of folly and stupidity, and many incidents of humor and tragedy. Byron Farwell traces the warâ€™s origins, the slow mounting of the British efforts to overthrow the Afrikaners, the bungling and bickering of the British command, the remarkable series of bloody battles that almost consistently ended in victory for the Boers over the much more numerous British forces, political developments in London and Pretoria, the sieges of Ladysmith, Mafeking and Kimberley, the concentration camps into which Boer families were herded and the exhausting guerrilla warfare of the last few years when the Boer armies were finally driven from the field.

The Great Boer War is a definitive history of a dramatic conflict by a master story teller and historian. Byron Farwell served as an officer in the North African and Italian campaigns in World War II and also in the Korean War. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1964, and is the author of Queen Victoriaâ€™s Little Wars, also published by Pen & Sword.
Country USA
Manufacturer Pen & Sword Military
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2009-09-19
Format Kindle eBook
EANs 9781783468287

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Pen & Sword Military
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2009-09-19
Format	Kindle eBook
EANs	9781783468287

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