My Account Wish List
Advanced Search
Print - Close Window
www.greenwood.com/catalog/GR0627.aspx
All Greenwood Products
The Boer War Historiography and Annotated Bibliography
(Click to Enlarge)
Fred R. van Hartesveldt
ISBN: 0-313-30627-3
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-30627-3
272 pages
Greenwood Press
Publication: 5/30/2000
List Price: $112.95 (UK Sterling Price: £77.95)
Availability: Print on demand
Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Ebook
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects:
Description: One hundred years after the Boer War, the British continue to debate what went wrong, while the war has significant nationalist overtones in today's South Africa. This book examines changes in interpretations of the war and provides a bibliography of major sources on the Boer War, now sometimes called the South African War. The bibliography focuses on the military history, but also includes some historical accounts of the political debate. The first part of the book provides an extended historiographical essay, while part two provides an annotated bibliography of the titles discussed in part one.

Historiographical questions concerning the Boer War are numerous. Discussions of military operations focus on the early use of modern weaponry and the effect of guerrilla tactics on a traditional force, while other historians debate the question of British military leadership and organization. Questions also revolve around British imperialism and the scramble for Africa. Frequently called the second war for freedom by South African authors, the war was the reason that South Africa, unlike other British colonies, gained independence without majority rule. This makes the war of continuing relevance to the turmoil in South Africa, the collapse of the minority government, and the continuing problems of the current government. This book will provide a useful tool for those wishing to research the war.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction and Historical Background
    Bibliographical Aids, Surveys, Memoirs, and Archival Sources
    The Conventional Military Campaigns
    "The Last of the Gentlemen's Wars"
    Conclusion
    Annotated Bibliography
    Index
About the Author: FRED R. VAN HARTESVELDT is Professor of History at Fort Valley State University. He is the author of The Battles of the Somme: Historiography and Annotated Bibliography (Greenwood, 1996) and The Dardanelles Campaign, 1915: Historiography and Annotated Bibliography (Greenwood, 1997).
LCC Class: 968
All rights reserved. Copyright © 1999-2009 ABC-CLIO
130 Cremona Dr., Santa Barbara, CA 93117 805-968-1911