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South Africa and the Transvaal war (Volume II)

South Africa and the Transvaal war (Volume II)

Creswicke, Louis

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General Military HistoryKorean War

ISBN10: 9353800846
ISBN13: 9789353800840
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Jul 1 2019
Pages: 278
Weight: 0.91
Height: 0.63 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
South Africa, 1899-1902: a war that reshaped an empire. In South Africa and the Transvaal War (Volume II), Louis Creswicke drives deeper into the Second Boer War as the British army in Africa presses towards the Transvaal and Pretoria. The stakes were brutally real. This illustrated military history balances narrative urgency with documentary weight, gathering a multi-angled record of the Boer republics conflict for readers who want more than a sketch of battles and politics. Built as a multi-volume war chronicle, Volume II reads like a rolling report: operations and leadership, the pressures of distance and terrain, and the moral and imperial questions that shadow campaign decisions. It stands as a military history reference as well as an imperial history study, capturing how news, strategy, and public feeling interacted during the struggle for control in 1899-1902 South Africa. Collectors of classic war history reprint editions will value Creswicke's period voice and visual detail; casual readers will appreciate the clear march of events and the human scale behind the maps. For those who know the Conan Doyle Boer war writings or Churchill's Ladysmith to Pretoria, Creswicke offers a complementary, panoramic lens on the same era. Its contemporary perspective helps explain how this conflict fed later debates about empire, citizenship, and the modern conduct of war in Britain. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike.

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