Author: David RobbinsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Kimberley (South Africa)
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
The Siege of Kimberley and the Battle of Magersfontein
Author: David RobbinsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Kimberley (South Africa)
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
The Siege of Kimberley
Author: T. PhelanDays of Horror During the Siege of Kimberley, 1899-1990
Author: Carl MeyerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : German diaries
Languages : en
Pages : 106
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Guerrilla Warfare
Author: Peter PolackPublisher: Casemate Publishers
ISBN: 1612006760
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 165
Book Description
This concise history of guerilla warfare presents profiles in combat courage from George Washington to Simón Bolívar, Mao Zedong, and beyond. The concept of guerrilla warfare is centuries old, with Sun Tzu’s writing on the subject dating back to the sixth century BC. One of the earliest recorded examples of guerrilla tactics deployed by a military leader was the campaign of Roman general Fabius Maximus, who took a course of evasion and harassment against Hannibal’s columns. Guerilla Warfare is a compendium of prominent guerrilla leaders across the globe, from thirteenth-century Scotland’s William Wallace to modern-day Sri Lanka’s Velupillai Prabhakaran. It profiles each leader to analyze their personal history, military tactics, and political strategy. All are home-grown leaders of extended guerrilla campaigns. Many became the first leaders of their liberated countries. Both victories and defeats are included here in an analysis of effective guerrilla tactics as well as counterinsurgency strategies. Today, the labels of insurgent, freedom fighter, and jihadi are fast replacing guerrilla. The old notion of the guerrilla, associated with fights for independence and the end of colonialization, has dimmed with modern and far-reaching religious insurgencies taking their place. This concise history gives a fascinating overview of a once history-altering form of warfare.
History of the War in South Africa
Author: James H. Birch (Jr.)Publisher:
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Category : Africa, South
Languages : en
Pages : 848
Book Description
The Great Boer War
Author: Byron FarwellPublisher: Casemate Publishers
ISBN: 1783830611
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 920
Book Description
The story of the battle for independence from the British Empire in South Africa by “a vivid chronicler of military forces, generals, and wars” (Kirkus Reviews). The Great Boer War (1899-1902), more properly known as the Great Anglo-Boer War, was one of the last romantic wars, pitting a sturdy, stubborn pioneer people fighting to establish the independence of their tiny nation against the British Empire at its peak of power and self-confidence. It was fought in the barren vastness of the South African veldt, and it produced in almost equal measure extraordinary feats of personal heroism, unbelievable examples of folly and stupidity, and many incidents of humor and tragedy. Byron Farwell traces the war’s origins; the slow mounting of the British efforts to overthrow the Afrikaners; the bungling and bickering of the British command; the remarkable series of bloody battles that almost consistently ended in victory for the Boers over the much more numerous British forces; political developments in London and Pretoria; the sieges of Ladysmith, Mafeking and Kimberley; the concentration camps into which Boer families were herded; and the exhausting guerrilla warfare of the last few years when the Boer armies were finally driven from the field. The Great Boer War is a definitive history of a dramatic conflict by the author of Queen Victoria’s Little Wars, “a leading popular military historian” (Publishers Weekly).
South Africa and the Transvaal War
Author: Louis CreswickePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : South African War, 1899-1902
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
History of the War in South Africa, 1899-1902
Author: Great Britain. War OfficePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : South African War, 1899-1902
Languages : en
Pages : 730
Book Description
Pioneer, Soldier and Politician
Author: Sir David HarrisPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : South Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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The Times History of the War in South Africa, 1899-1902
Author: Leopold Stennett AmeryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : South African War, 1899-1902
Languages : en
Pages : 724
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