Palgrave Macmillan, Date: 2003-03-19. 1. Hardcover. Used:Good. 2003. Palgrave Macmillan ISBN 1403961506 9781403961501 [US]

ISBN10: 1403961506, ISBN13: 9781403961501, [publisher: Palgrave Macmillan] Hardcover The Boer War was an epic both of heroism and bungling, cunning and barbarism. It had an extraordinary cast of characters - not only leading men like Churchill, Kruger, Rhodes and Kitchener, but minor characters from Conan Doyle and Kipling to Gandhi, Chief Dinizulu and Hector Fighting Mac MacDonald. The war revealed the ineptitude of the British military, and unexpectedly exposed the corrupt underside of imperialism - in for instance the shooting of Boer prisoners of war by Breaker Morant, and the embezzlement of military supplies by British officers. It is also claimed that Baden-Powell let Africans starve during the Siege of Mafeking, and it is likely that Colonial Secretary Joseph Chamberlain profited from arms sales in a war many believe he himself had plotted.;This book presents a fresh view of the war and debunks several myths. There was not, for instance, a straightforward divide between Boers and the British - many Boers fought on the British side, and many British were strongly pro-Boer, denouncing their own side's methods of barbarism. In fact, in the history of the two communitites, the war was an uncharacteristic collision of interests, though it led to long-standing resentments. The overriding aim of both was to maintain European supremacy and to keep Africans and Indians in their place. The sensitivity the British displayed to the Afrikaner volk in the peace ...

ISBN10: 1403961506, ISBN13: 9781403961501, [publisher: Palgrave Macmillan] Hardcover 368 Seiten Das Buch ist in gutem Zustand, nur geringe Gebrauchs- Alters- oder Lagerungsspuren, Gebundenes Buch mit Original-Schutzumschlag. ISBN: 9781403961501 Wir senden umgehend mit beiliegender MwSt.Rechnung. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 431 Gebundene Ausgabe, Größe: 17.1 x 3.2 x 24.1 cm
[Lübeck, Germany] [Publication Year: 2003]
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Palgrave Macmillan, Date: 2003-03-19. Hardcover. Used: Good. 2003. Palgrave Macmillan ISBN 1403961506 9781403961501 [US]

Palgrave Macmillan, Date: 2003. Hardcover. Good. Original black boards, gilt lettered spine, dust jacket, illustrated with some b/w photographs, 8vo. 2003. Palgrave Macmillan ISBN 1403961506 9781403961501 [NL]

New York Palgrave Macmillan 2003 First Edition Hardcover Fine in Fine jacket A Fine copy in black hard covers, in a Fine dust jacket.

ISBN10: 1403961506, ISBN13: 9781403961501, [publisher: Palgrave Macmillan] Hardcover Original black boards, gilt lettered spine, dust jacket, illustrated with some b/w photographs, 8vo.
[Almere, Netherlands] [Publication Year: 2003]
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