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Why the Boers Lost the War

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  1. Leopold Scholtz
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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Background

    • Leopold Scholtz
    Pages 1-11

  3. The Campaign Plans

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    Pages 13-25

  4. The Boer Offensive

    • Leopold Scholtz
    Pages 27-39

  5. The First British Offensive

    • Leopold Scholtz
    Pages 41-51

  6. The Second British Offensive

    • Leopold Scholtz
    Pages 53-81

  7. Guerrilla Warfare: The First Phase

    • Leopold Scholtz
    Pages 83-107

  8. Guerrilla Warfare: The Second Phase

    • Leopold Scholtz
    Pages 109-130

  9. Conclusion

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    Pages 131-159

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 161-202
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About this book

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.

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' Why the Boers Lost does offer insight on some aspects of the wasr, in particular the Boer War Councils, and it does a good job in succinctly detailing British responses to Boer guerrilla tactics like Kitchener's "New Model Drives." - Stephen M. Miller, H-New Reviews (H-SAfrica)

About the author

LEOPOLD SCHOLTZ is a South African historian and journalist. He studied at the University of Stellenbosch, the Rand Afrikaans University and the University of Leiden in The Netherlands, where he obtained a doctorate in history in 1978. He is the author and co-author of several books and academic articles about South African and European history. At present he is deputy editor of the Cape Town daily Die Burger as well as Extraordinary Professor of history at Stellenbosch.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Why the Boers Lost the War

  • Authors: Leopold Scholtz

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230513310

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2005

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4039-4880-9Published: 04 May 2004

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-52518-8Published: 01 January 2005

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-51331-0Published: 04 May 2004

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 202

  • Topics: African History, History of Britain and Ireland, History of Military, Modern History

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