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The Boer War
Denis Judd
Keith Surridge
其他書名
A History
出版
Bloomsbury Publishing
, 2013-03-15
主題
History / Africa / General
History / Africa / South / General
Political Science / General
History / Military / General
History / Africa / South / Republic of South Africa
Political Science / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism
History / Europe / Great Britain / General
History / Modern / General
ISBN
0857733168
9780857733160
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=B6SmDwAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋
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.