Cover of The origins of the South African War, 1899-1902

The origins of the South African War, 1899-1902

by Iain R. Smith

1996 455 pages eng

The South African War of 1899-1902 (it used to be known as the Anglo-Boer War) was not one of Britain's so-called imperial 'small wars'. It was the biggest, costliest and most humiliating war fought by Britain between 1815 and 1914, and the greatest of the wars which accompanied the Scramble for Afr…

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