Author: Wessels, Andre.
Title: The Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902. White Man's War, Black Man's War, Traumatic War.
Description: Sun Press. Bloemfontein 2011 1st edition. Printed wraps, 213pp softcover. 0.4kg. A very Fine copy. ISBN: 9781920383275 The Anglo-Boer war was neither a white man's war nor a gentleman's war as popularly represented. The first part of the book gives a concise review of the main events and military actions of the Anglo-Boer war. The second part looks at the role played by Black, Coloured, and Asian people in combatant and non-combatant capacities. The third part looks at the collateral damage caused and its legacy. It particularly references the creation of the concentration camps for both white and black civilians, and the consequences of that for the inhabitants and for South Africa, thus analysing the traumatic effects of the war in some detail.

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