Isbn: 9780750922944 - boer war generals (9 risultati)

Hard Cover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. Reprint. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. An in-depth study opf the principal commanders on both sidesof the Boer War, a conflict that was both "the last of the gentleman's wars" and the first modern one. 274 pages including index and bibliography. Maps. Some illustrations. Really nice copy.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. This book is in very good condition; no remainder marks. Dustjacket does have some shelfwear and two small edge tears on the back. Inside pages are clean. ; 9.51 X 6.43 X 1.08 inches; 288 pages.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Sutton 1999, near fine, 1st, dustjacket unclipped.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; xiii,274p.,[16]p. of plates : ill., maps,ports. ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Subjects; Buller, Sir Redvers Henry, Roberts, Frederick Sleigh, 1st Earl, Kitchener, Horatio Herbert, 1st Earl, Botha, Louis, De Wet, Christiaan, De La Rey, Kees Jacobus Herculaas, Smuts, Jan Christian. South African Forces. Generals Great Britain. Generals South Africa. South African War, 1899-1902. Generals Great Britain. Generals South Africa. South African War, 1899-1902. Boer War, 1899-1902, Anglo-Boer War, South African War. 1 Kg. …

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. hardback, octavo, paper age-toned, a tightly bound copy with an unmarked tetx and in a well preserved pictorial dust wrapper. Illustrated, xiv + 274pp.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; xiii,274p.,[16]p. of plates : ill., maps,ports. ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Subjects; Buller, Sir Redvers Henry, Roberts, Frederick Sleigh, 1st Earl, Kitchener, Horatio Herbert, 1st Earl, Botha, Louis, De Wet, Christiaan, De La Rey, Kees Jacobus Herculaas, Smuts, Jan Christian. South African Forces. Generals Great Britain. Generals South Africa. South African War, 1899-1902. Generals Great Britain. Generals South Africa. South African War, 1899-1902. Boer War, 1899-1902, Anglo-Boer War, South African War. 1 Kg. …

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. H/B Copy in Very Good Condition. The Book is Clean & Tightly Bound Throughout. The D/J is in Good Condition. No Inscriptions. Free Postage within the UK.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition. Very good blue boards, gold on spine in excellent DJ. No inscriptions. Index (B24).

Hardback. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. First Edition. THE BOER WAR GENERALS Peter Trew. Sutton Publishing, Stroud. 1999 First edition. ISBN 075092294X 274pp Illustrated Hardback. This copy has some typical age toning to the page edges (paper) but is otherwise fine. The unclipped dust wrapper is in fine condition with just a hint of sunning to the spine. The Boer War (1899-1902) witnessed the professionals of the British Army pitted against the gifted amateurs who led the Boer commandos. For the Boers, it was a struggle for independence; for Britain, an attempt once and for all to assert her political supremacy in South Africa. While sheer weight of numbers and ruthless tactics eventually secured a British military victory, the extraordinary Boer effort won respect worldwide. This is an in-depth study of the principal commanders on both sides, in a conflict that was both "the last of the gentlemen's wars" and the first modern one. The three British Commanders-in-Chief were established regular soldiers who stood high in public esteem when they went out to South Africa. For Roberts, the war was a final triumph, albeit somewhat tainted when it dragged on for another year and a half after his departure; for Kitchener, it was a tedious and exhausting interlude which delayed his appointment as Commander-in-Chief in India; and for Buller, the graveyard of his reputation. The Boer Generals were Louis Botha, Christiaan de Wet, Koos de la Rey and Jan Smuts, of whom the first three were farmers and legislators with little conventional military experience. Smuts, after a brilliant academic career at Cambridge, was a senior but very young state official. In the course of the war, the men proved in different ways to have outstanding natural military ability. For De Wet, this was a time of fulfilment when all his special gifts came into play; for Smuts and Botha, it was a preparation for their future careers as politicians; and for De la Rey, who hated war, it was a heavy but unavoidable duty which he discharged with distinction. Peter Trew's narrative examines each personality separately, highlighting the differences between the command styles of the experienced, professional British generals and the natural ingenuity of the "amateur" Boers. Ref FF2.…