
The Boer War of 1899-1902 was an epic of heroism & bungling cunning & barbarism with an extraordinary cast of characters
- including Churchill Rhodes Conan Doyle Smuts Kipling Gandhi Kruger & Kitchener The war revealed the ineptitude of the British military & unexpectedly exposed the corrupt underside of imperialism in the establishment of the first concentration camps the shooting of Boer prisoners-of-war & 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 & explores the deadly legacy it left for southern Africa