The Boer War
Thomas Pakenham
Abacus (1991)
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History
South African War, 1899-1902, Military History, Imperialism/ History, Africa - Colonization - History - 20th Century, Africa - Colonization - History - 19th Century
Paperback 9780349104669
English
The war declared by the Boers on 11 October 1899 gave the British, as Kipling said, ‘no end of a lesson’. It proved to be the longest, the costliest, the bloodiest and the most humiliating campaign that Britain fought between 1815 and 1914.

Thomas Pakenham has written the first full-scale history of the war since 1910. His narrative is based on first-hand and largely unpublished sources ranging from the private papers of the leading protagonists to the recollections of survivors from both sides. Out of this historical gold mine, the author has constructed a narrative as vivid and fast-moving as a novel, and a history that in scholarship, breadth and impact will endure for many years.
Product Details
LoC Classification DT387.7 .A7813 2015
Dewey 355
Cover Price $12.99
No. of Pages 660
Height x Width 7.7 x 4.9  inch
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