The Boer War Direction, Experience and Image [Paperback]

This collections of essays by leading British and South African scholars, looking at the Boer War, focuses on three aspects: how the British Military functioned; the role of the Boers, Afrikaners and Zulus; and the media presentation of the war to the public.RUSI Journal

an interesting collection of papers



Small Wars & Insurgencies

a very solid contribution to the field of military studies, including civil-military politics



Provides a helpful starting point for those continuing with the investigation of one of Africa s largest and most complex military campaigns.

- Army Historical Research



Excellent volume... a work that offers some original themes and revisions rather than presenting the same old story in different words

- Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History



a remarkable collection of essays covering neglected aspects of the Boer War... It is unusual for a work of collected papers such as this to be so uniformly excellent and informative. The Boer War is a monument to the scholarly expertise of Gooch and his contributors and a must-purchase for all students of this tragic conflict.

- The Historian