The Boer War Generals

Author - Peter Trew
Publisher - Wren Publishing - 2001.
A very good hardback book in a very good dustjacket.
Dustjacket now in loose protective plastic wrap.
Pages xiii + 274 of text, with maps and illustrations.
The Boer War (1899-1902) witnessed the professionals of the British Army pitted against the gifted amateurs who led the Boer commandos.
For the Boers, it was a struggle for their independence; for the British, an attempt once and for all to assert her political supremacy in South Africa.
Whilst sheer weight of numbers and ruthless tactics eventually secured a British victory, the extraordinary Boer effort won respect worldwide.
This is an in-depth study of the principal commanders on both sides, in a conflict that was both 'the last of the gentleman's wars' and the first modern one.