The Boer WarUses firsthand accounts to reconstruct Britain's last great imperial war which proved to be one of the costliest, deadliest, and most humiliating wars in British history |
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User Review - Hae-Yu - LibraryThingIf someone wants to read a single volume about the Boer War, this would be it. Pakenham has an incredible economy of style where he crams loads of information in a short space. Each page feels like 5 ... Read full review
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User Review - dmmjlllt - LibraryThingFascinating book about a fascinating subject, probably not terribly well-know these days. Pakenham to some extent is telling a wider story about the British Empire, colonialism in Africa, the specific ... Read full review
Contents
MILNERS | 1 |
BULLERS REVERSE | 125 |
Elandslaagte near Ladysmith Natal 21 October 1899 | 136 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Boer War |
| Author | Thomas Pakenham |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Random House, 1979 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 13 Sep 2008 |
| ISBN | 0394427424, 9780394427423 |
| Length | 718 pages |
| Subjects | › › History / Africa / General History / Modern / 16th Century History / Modern / 20th Century |
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