It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness. They made the same mistakes, with some of the same officers in charge, in WWI seeing fighting men and equipment as expendable. There are no discussion topics on this book yet. In particular, the ceasefire that allowed the Boers to withdraw from Johannesburg with gold reserves and artillery before embarking on a campaign of guerrilla warfare for another two years, with all the death and destruction that followed. December 1st 1992 The greatest book written on The Boer War (in any language), Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 14, 2014. and whose shattering repercussions can be felt to this very day. Fast and free shipping free returns cash on delivery available on eligible purchase. It reads beautifully, almost like a novel and is easy to follow and understand throughout, even for a non-historian like myself. He is the son of Frank Pakenham, 7th Earl of Longford, a Labour minister and human rights campaigner, and Elizabeth Longford. Top subscription boxes – right to your door, Extended holiday return window till Jan 31, 2021, © 1996-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. Please try again. In the course of his long narrative, he skillfully maps out the causes, the course and the aftereffects of the war. Account & Lists Account Returns & Orders. Thomas Packenham has written a very concise account of the second Boer War. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. The definitive history of the Boer War. Please try again. This is hands down the best Historical research on the Boer war. Then you can start reading Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required. It is extremely well researched and gives great insight from a balanced and unbiased viewpoint. Welcome back. The rag tag Boer guerilla army ran circles around the might of the British Empire soldiers of over 200,000 men and had the Boers been better equipped and their folk better treated they might not have sought peace after three years of fighting. The Boer War, as Pakenham describes it, was supposed to be the splendid, limited war, par excellence. (This was foiled by my failure to find a good book on the Russo-Japanese War of 1905. I must warn you, this book is laden with all sorts of minutia and details leading up to the war. Thomas Packenham has written a very concise account of the second Boer War. To get the free app, enter your mobile phone number. The well known English historian, The Scramble for Africa: The White Man's Conquest of the Dark Continent from 1876 to 1912, Mariah Carey Is Telling Her Own Story (and Recommending Books). Please try again. We’d love your help. It did not strike me as pro British or pro Boer.

After reading this book, you will be able to give balanced arguments from a military and political perspective and will understand the war from both a British or Boer viewpoint - he also covers: the black population, the 'gold bugs', the concentration camps and the generals, amongst many other topics. Pakenham shows both sides of the conflict and the reason behind it, without the nonsense so common in modern revisions. There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. As far as I'm aware there is no better or more thorough account of the Boer War than this volume. If you want to read one book about that war s it. To get the free app, enter your mobile phone number. For the 2020 holiday season, returnable items shipped between October 1 and December 31 can be returned until January 31, 2021. Try The public expected it to be over by Christmas. Account & Lists Account Returns & Orders. There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. Also has a good selection of pictures. Highly recommended. The author has written an excellent and very readable account which was thoroughly enjoyed.

It is a very detailed history of the second Anglo Boer war. Reviewed in the United States on July 6, 2019. Mammoth in scope and scholarship, as vivid, fast-moving and breathtakingly compelling as the finest fiction.The Boer Waris the definitive account of this extraordinary conflict - a war precipitated by greed and marked by almost inconceivable blundering and brutalities...and whose shattering repercussions can be felt to this very day. The war declared by the Boers of South Africa on October 11, 1899, gave the British, as Kipling said, 'No end of a lesson.'. By Pakenham, Thomas. It proved to be the longest, the costliest, the bloodiest and the most humiliating campaign that Britain fought between 1815 and 1914. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in. This book is excellent for the reader, student or anyone who has an interest in military studies. Both a very good red and a very informative book. It is a very detailed history of the second Anglo Boer war. This book is excellent for the reader, student or anyone who has an interest in military studies. I would fully recommend. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 17, 2018. Unable to add item to List. (This was foiled by my failure to find a good book on the Russo-Japanese War of 1905. Discover the best of shopping and entertainment with Amazon Prime. He was privileged to have available a trusty tape recorder and the reedy voices of several of the Tommy Atkins Brits who actually foght in the war! At the time, I found it a thrilling account of a war about which I knew virtually nothing, and I did gain a certain insight into the changes from 19th-century colonial warfare to the 20th-century variety. It covers almost all aspects of the war to include diplomacy, planning, reactions, and military actions. A well done narrative of the Boer War. This three inch book of 650 pages is printed in what - to my tired old eyes - seems to be an eight point font, or less, and I struggled to read the closely packed history at first.

The Boer War was a world event that encompassed many other nations and peoples as well. I loved this book. This is the greatest book ever written on the Boer War. © 1996-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. Weidenfeld 1st, 1979. fine in d.w. 25.5x17.5x4.5. You're listening to a sample of the Audible audio edition. Thomas Pakenham, one of the auspiciously prolific Longfords (he is the brother of Antonia Fraser, above), has now given this epochal contest its first full-length treatment in nearly 70 years. The Boer War lasted from 1899-1902. In my mind that puts him in a class with Barbara Tuckman and other reviewers have made the same comment. Hello, Sign in. The key military blunders by the British commanders were not the initial failures to relieve Kimberly and Ladysmith, probably inevitable with insufficient numbers against entrenched defenders, but Robert's fail. Something went wrong. What people are saying - Write a review. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. October 12, 2020: Biblio is open and shipping orders. Reviewed in the United States on June 28, 2019. Previous page of related Sponsored Products. I loved this book. There was a problem loading your book clubs. Reviewed in the United States on November 13, 2019. If you want to read one book about that war s it. The Boer War was a world event that encompassed many other nations and peoples as well. Please try again. Reviewed in the United States on July 6, 2019. I loved this book. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. See what's new with book lending at the Internet Archive. Did the British military learn any lessons from the Boer War. The greatest book written on The Boer War (in any language), Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 14, 2014. Mammoth in scope and scholarship, as vivid, fast-moving and breathtakingly compelling as the finest fiction. Reviewed in the United States on September 23, 2012. When Thomas Pakenham wrote the book in the 1980s, he interviewed some of the remaining survivors of the Boer and performed heroic research with primary sources. Bring your club to Amazon Book Clubs, start a new book club and invite your friends to join, or find a club that’s right for you for free. He was privileged to have available a trusty tape recorder and the reedy voices of several of the Tommy Atkins Brits who actually foght in the war! It is certainly far superior to that apologetic, revisionist 21st century type of writing that is found in many popular histories. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. It spends a lot of time on the politics of the war from the British perspective, and some of that was not as interesting to me, but the accounts of the strategy, tactics, individuals, and battles was really enjoyable. Unable to add item to List. Take a stab at guessing and be entered to win a $50 Biblio gift certificate! The Boer War (1899 - 1902) was to be the most costly, in terms of blood and treasure, in the hundred years of Queen Victoria's "little wars" period, and was a true forecast of the butchery that smokeless rifles fired from trenches would effect in the slaughter of WWI. As a WW1 enthusiast it was good to be introduced to the inadequacies of Gough, Haig, Kitchener, Rawlinson, French etc; very interesting to see that they had already experienced trench warfare prior to WW1; artillery bombardment, failed cavalry charges and creeping barrages and yet they failed to adapt to them in WW1. Excellent History Writing going some way to explain poor military tactics, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 13, 2016. I must warn you, this book is laden with all sorts of minutia and details leading up to the war. it is free of the common revisionism and PC found in most contemporary histories of The Second Boer War/Anglo-Boer War. This shopping feature will continue to load items when the Enter key is pressed. Bring your club to Amazon Book Clubs, start a new book club and invite your friends to join, or find a club that’s right for you for free. He is married to the writer Valerie Pakenham and they have four children. Politics, Capitalism, and power abuse are all shown and how they led to this conflict and in great detail.

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