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Why the Boers Lost the War /

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Why did the British win the Anglo-Boer War? Although there is truth in the simple statement that they were much stronger than the Boers, it does not explain everything. Therefore, the main focus of this book is to analyse the most important strategic and operational decisions made on both sides, and...

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Main Author: Scholtz, Leopold (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.
Subjects:
History.
African History.
History of Britain and Ireland.
History of Military.
Modern History.
History, Modern.
Military history.
Africa > History.
Great Britain > History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Why did the British win the Anglo-Boer War? Although there is truth in the simple statement that they were much stronger than the Boers, it does not explain everything. Therefore, the main focus of this book is to analyse the most important strategic and operational decisions made on both sides, and to measure them according to accepted modern military theory. It is shown that both the British and Boer war efforts were very haphazard at the beginning, but that both learnt as the war went on. In the end, the British got the Boers in a vice from which they could not escape.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (XIV, 202 pages)
ISBN:9780230513310
DOI:10.1057/9780230513310