The Scramble for Africa: White Man's Conquest of the Dark Continent from 1876 to 1912
The Boers of South Africa responded to Britain's annexation of the gold-and-diamond-rich Transvaal region by declaring war on October 11, 1899. The English believed the fighting would be over by Christmas -- never dreaming they were on the brink of one of the longest, bloodiest, most costly and humiliating military campaigns in their history.
Mammoth in scope and scholarship, as vivid, fast-moving and breathtakingly compelling as the finest fiction. Thomas Pakenham's The Boer War is the definitive account of this extraordinary conflict -- a war precipitated by greed and marked by almost inconcievable blundering and brutalities . . . and whose shattering repercussions can be felt to this very day.
Country | USA |
Brand | Harper Perennial |
Manufacturer | Avon Books |
Binding | Paperback |
ReleaseDate | 1992-12-01 |
UnitCount | 1 |
UPCs | 071001021950 |
EANs | 9780380720019 |