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The Boer War (Paperback)
Short Description for The Boer WarThe war declared by the Boers on 11 October 1899 proved to be the longest, the costliest, the bloodiest and the most humiliating campaign that Britain fought between 1815 and 1914. This history of the war is based largely on private papers of the conflict's leading protagonists.
Full description- Publisher: Abacus
- Published: 03 October 1991
- Format: Paperback 688 pages
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- Categories: War & Defence Operations | African History | Modern History To 20th Century: C 1700 To C 1900 | Military History
- ISBN 13: 9780349104669 ISBN 10: 0349104662
- Sales rank: 80,202
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Full description for The Boer War
The war declared by the Boers on 11 October 1899 gave the British, as Kipling said, "no end of a lesson". It proved to be the longest, the costliest, the bloodiest and the most humiliating campaign that Britain fought between 1815 and 1914. Thomas Pakenham has written a full-scale history of the war, based on first-hand and largely unpublished sources ranging from the private papers of the leading protagonists to the recollections of survivors from both sides.
