Louis Botha

Author : Richard Steyn
Publisher : Jonathan Ball Publishers
Page : 387 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2018-09-17
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781868429233

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Louis Botha by Richard Steyn Pdf

In A Man Apart Richard Steyn once again brings to life a South African icon. Louis Botha was the first Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa, a union he did much to create in the decade after the devastation of the Anglo-Boer War. During the war Botha was a brilliant young Boer general who through his battlefield strategy won significant victories over the British in the early stages of the war. When the weight of British arms overwhelmed the Boers, Botha along with Smuts did much to encourage peace between English and Afrikaner and led the country to Union in 1910 and dominion status. Botha was a big-hearted and generous man who showed magnanimity in his dealings with all, including former enemies. He led the South African troops to victory and the capture of German South West Africa – prior to this he had to put down a revolt of pro-German Afrikaners. At the Peace of Versailles, representing South Africa, he pleaded unsuccessfully for magnanimity towards the Germans. Botha was a globally respected figure – he and Smuts effectively operated as a double act in South Africa and on the international stage before Botha's untimely death in August 1919 at only 57. In A Man Apart this tragically short life is illuminated in full.

Author : Adam Cruise
Publisher : Penguin Random House South Africa
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2015-01-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781770227538

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Louis Botha’s War by Adam Cruise Pdf

A mere twelve years after fighting the British in the Anglo-Boer War, Louis Botha went to war again – this time on Britain’s side. As prime minister of the Union of South Africa at the outbreak of the Great War, Botha agreed to lead his country on a campaign against the Germans across the border in South-West Africa. But first he would have to deal with a revolt from fellow Afrikaners who would rather take up arms against him than side with the old enemy. Louis Botha’s War is the story of how a former Boer War general crushed a rebellion and rallied his country’s first united army to fight a better-equipped enemy in harsh conditions. It is a tale of thirsty men and horses trekking over miles of barren desert; German aviators flying above in rickety aeroplanes; the unusual presence of a prime minister’s wife on the field of battle; and a fabled gold-filled safe at the bottom of a lake. Adam Cruise recreates these fascinating events from journals, memoirs and documents, and describes how the remote battle sites look today. He also explores the effects of Botha’s campaign, which determined the relationship between South Africa and its northern protectorate until well into the twentieth century. This is an absorbing chronicle of the exploits of a remarkable man who has been strangely forgotten by history, but whom Winston Churchill described as the greatest general he had ever known.

Author : Francis Hugh De Souza
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0620320303

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A Question Of Treason by Francis Hugh De Souza Pdf

Author : Johannes Meintjes
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : South Africa
ISBN : UOM:39015003949644

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General Louis Botha: a Biography by Johannes Meintjes Pdf

Author : Frans Vredenrijk Engelenburg
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1929
Category : Botha, Louis
ISBN : UOM:39015009149223

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General Louis Botha by Frans Vredenrijk Engelenburg Pdf

Author : Johannesburg (South Africa). City Council
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1212 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1937
Category : Johannesburg (South Africa)
ISBN : UIUC:30112109772928

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Minutes of ... Meeting of the Municipal Council by Johannesburg (South Africa). City Council Pdf

Author : Allan Kolski
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2019-09-22
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781990922350

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The Colours of our Flag by Allan Kolski Pdf

This collection of poems by Allan Kolski Horwitz and illustrated by the painter James de Villiers was awarded the 2020 Olive Schreiner Award for poetry. Kolski Horwitzs poetry encompasses sensually charged relationships and encounters between men and women, examinations of political realities (including the lives of artists and revolutionaries) and imagistic depictions of natural phenomena. This collection, comprising 80 poems written over the past three years, represents a further collaboration with de Villiers the collection There are Two Birds at my Window (published in 2014) having been the first. James de Villiers has worked with Botsotso for over ten years and produced soundscapes for two Botsotso cds of poetry.

Author : Frank N. Magill
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 1426 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2013-05-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781136593345

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The 20th Century A-GI by Frank N. Magill Pdf

Each volume of the Dictionary of World Biography contains 250 entries on the lives of the individuals who shaped their times and left their mark on world history. This is not a who's who. Instead, each entry provides an in-depth essay on the life and career of the individual concerned. Essays commence with a quick reference section that provides basic facts on the individual's life and achievements. The extended biography places the life and works of the individual within an historical context, and the summary at the end of each essay provides a synopsis of the individual's place in history. All entries conclude with a fully annotated bibliography.

Author : A.G Hales
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2020-07-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783752363524

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Campaign Pictures of the War in South Africa (1899-1900) by A.G Hales Pdf

Reproduction of the original: Campaign Pictures of the War in South Africa (1899-1900) by A.G Hales

Author : Elizabeth M. M. Clark
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1956
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105083178686

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Louis Botha by Elizabeth M. M. Clark Pdf

Author : Ronald Hyam
Publisher : Springer
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1972-06-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9781349016211

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The Failure of South African Expansion 1908–1948 by Ronald Hyam Pdf

Author : L. Scholtz
Publisher : Springer
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2004-05-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9780230513310

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Why the Boers Lost the War by L. Scholtz Pdf

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.

Author : Everett Jenkins, Jr.
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 639 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2011-02-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780786445073

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Pan-African Chronology III by Everett Jenkins, Jr. Pdf

This third volume of the Pan-African Chronology set covers 1914 through 1929, a time of two seminal events: World War I and the Black Awakening. In World War I, people of African descent fought for both sides, earning distinction on the battlefields of France as well as in the jungles and deserts of Africa. The "Black Awakening," a period from 1919 through 1929, marked the dawning of global awareness of the contributions of African people to the culture of the world. The book is arranged by year and events of each year are grouped by region. It also has two special biographical divisions for W.E.B. DuBois and Marcus Garvey.

Author : Pieter G Cloete
Publisher : African Sun Media
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2021-12-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780620963541

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The Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902: 963 Days by Pieter G Cloete Pdf

Since the start of the Anglo-Boer War today 120 years ago thousands of publications, written or typed reports and other creations have been produced to narrate the war events, express opinions on its origins, causes, course, results and legacy and on participants in the struggle. This process is ongoing, since the debate amongst both professional historians and interested amateurs on exactly what happened and why is still raging and new information on the war still crops up. The history of the Anglo-Boer War is truly a neverending discourse. As the author of a number of books on the war, I have consulted hundreds of both published and unpublished sources. Some were of limited value, but a small percentage of the published books were of such high value that they formed part of a small stack of books that found a permanent home on my desktop while I was in the writing process. Pieter Cloete’s The Anglo-Boer War – A Chronology, both the original English version and the enlarged Afrikaans version published in 2010, was always part of that stack. It is to me a privilege to write a foreword for the user-friendly and meticulously researched book. It not only contains a wealth of information but a detailed source list and an extensive index. There are few, if any, more helpful reference books on the war and thus represents an essential resource to anyone with a more than superficial interest in the Anglo-Boer War. DR JACKIE GROBLER Historian and author Recently retired after 40 years at the Department of Historical and Heritage Studies, The University of Pretoria.

Author : Jan Willem Stutje
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2012-08-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780857453303

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Charismatic Leadership and Social Movements by Jan Willem Stutje Pdf

Much of the writing on charisma focuses on specific traits associated with exceptional leaders, a practice that has broadened the concept of charisma to such an extent that it loses its distinctiveness – and therefore its utility. More particularly, the concept’s relevance to the study of social movements has not moved beyond generalizations. The contributors to this volume renew the debate on charismatic leadership from a historical perspective and seek to illuminate the concept’s relevance to the study of social movements. The case studies here include such leaders as Mahatma Gandhi; the architect of apartheid, Daniel F. Malan; the heroine of the Spanish Civil War, Dolores Ibarruri (la pasionaria); and Mao Zedong. These charismatic leaders were not just professional politicians or administrators, but sustained a strong symbiotic relationship with their followers, one that stimulated devotion to the leader and created a real group identity.