The South African War or Anglo-Boer War of 1899-1902 was a major
colonial war which finally rounded off the British conquest of
Southern Africa. While ultimate British victory was scarcely in
doubt, the unsettling experience of having to field an imperial
army of 450,000 troops to break two of the world's tiniest agrarian
states gave imperial society much to reflect upon, both during and
after the conflict. To the Boer 'bitter-enders' the outcome of the
war was never anything other than humiliation. Yet the defeat of
Boer interests was less evident. Although many of the black
population became involved in the conflict, white supremacy
remained intact; and the successes of the Boers in the field as
well as the trials and tribulations of their families in defeat,
restoked a nationalist Afrikaner identity, which would go on to
become a key element in the policy of apartheid. Only now, a
hundred years later, are some of the more baleful legacies of the
war being addressed. Nasson's new history is a crisp, up-to-date
account not only of the military struggle but also of the whole web
of miscalculations and shattered illusions that surrounded it,
spreading far beyond the battlefields.
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