The Great War of 1914-18 was a conflict which engulfed the whole world, directly or indirectly. An imperialist world war tugged the new Union of South Africa and its people into a series of separate but connected conflicts - from the domestic Afrikaner Rebellion on the highveld, through the sands of German South West Africa, the steamy bush of German East Africa, and on to the mud and blood of France and Flanders. This book is the first general study of the complex ways in which South Africans experienced the impact of the First World War, and responded to its demands, burdens and opportunities. Told with his customary narrative energy and style, Bill Nasson's new history is a lively account not only of how South Africa fought the war, but also of the miscalculations and illusions that surrounded its involvement, and of how South African society came to imagine and remember that great and terrible conflict.

Springboks on the Somme: South Africa in the Great War 1914 - 1918

History

Nasson, Bill

Africa

Penguin Global

The South African War 1899-1902 (Modern Wars)

The South African War rounded off the British conquest of Southern Africa. Only now, a hundred years later, are some of the more baleful legacies of the war being addressed. This new history is an up-to-date account of the military struggle in South Africa including the whole web of miscalculations and shattered illusions that surrounded it which spread far beyond the battlefields. Bill Nasson is Professor of History, University of Cape Town, South Africa. The South African War rounded off the British conquest of Southern Africa. Only now, a hundred years later, are some of the more baleful legacies of the war being addressed. This new history is an up-to-date account of the military struggle in South Africa including the whole web of miscalculations and shattered illusions that surrounded it which spread far beyond the battlefields. The South African War rounded off the British conquest of Southern Africa. Only now, a hundred years later, are some of the more baleful legacies of the war being addressed. This new history is an up-to-date account of the military struggle in South Africa including the whole web of miscalculations and shattered illusions that surrounded it which spread far beyond the battlefields. "Fresh and remarkable...Magnificent, subtle and memorable."—The Independent

Bloomsbury USA

The South African or Anglo-Boer War rounded off the British conquest of Southern Africa. While ultimate British victory was scarcely in doubt, the unsettling experience of having to field an 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 'bittereinders' the outcome of the war was never anything other than a humiliation. Yet the defeat of Boer interests was less evident. Although much 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. Bill Nasson's lively 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 and spread far beyond the battlefields.

Abraham Esau's War: A Black South African War in the Cape, 1899–1902 (African Studies, Series Number 68)

The South African War 1899-1902 is no longer treated as 'a white man's war' by historians. Black South Africans were drawn into service by both sides, and the war affected the black communities in a variety of complex ways. Dr Nasson has written a closely focused regional study of the conflict in the Cape Colony, describing the dramatic participation of black people in the conduct of the war, and their subsequent exclusion from the fruits of peace. (The Abraham Esau, of the title, a patriotic coloured artisan, was murdered by Boer guerrillas.) Dr Nasson sets the conflict in the context of Cape political culture and social life at the turn of the century. This is a major contribution to South African and Imperial history.

Cambridge University Press

** Named one of the "Best of 2010" by The Times! **This expanded and updated edition draws on new scholarly writing since the centenary of the war. Nasson explores how the Anglo-Boer War shaped South Africa’s future and how it has come to be remembered in a post-apartheid South Africa.When historian Bill Nasson describes battle scenes from the Anglo-Boer War, it is as if you can hear the bullets fly past. Nasson provides a gripping overview of the war and integrates the military, political and social dimensions of a war that continues to fascinate.

The War for South Africa

Nb Pub Ltd

More than Shakespeare, more than the invention of the railway, more than fair play, it was Empire which made Britain into Great Britain. By the early 20th century, that Empire covered around a quarter of the earth’s surface, and embraced more than a quarter of its inhabitants, a mass of over 500 million people. From Australian sheep farmers to African nurses, all lived in an imperial world over which the Union Jack always fluttered, and on which it was commonly said the sun never set. From the pirate-ridden Atlantic and Caribbean of over four centuries ago to the success of the Falklands War, this extraordinary patchwork of territories and peoples was the creation of British ambition, ingenuity, and enterprise.

Britannia's Empire: A Short History of the British Empire

Europe

Tempus

The Boer War was an extremely bloody conflict between the British Empire and the two independent Boer Republics in South Africa. Pitting the might of British imperialism against what were essentially colonies of farmers, it nevertheless took almost three years for the Boers to be defeated. The war saw the first use of concentration camps, by the British, who also employed a 'scorched-earth' policy, while the Boers invented the concept of the commandos. British success led to the creation of the Union of South Africa, which would prove a key ally in both world wars. Bill Nasson, Professor of History at the University of Cape Town, has fully revised and updated his standard history of the conflict, taking account of the most recent scholarship, and making use of Afrikaans sources as well as those in English. He places it in its historical context with other 'small wars', such as more recent ones in Suez and Iraq, making this an essential book not only for anyone interested in the Boer War, but also in colonial history more generally, and in Britain's overseas campaigns.

The Boer War: The Struggle For South Africa

Spellmount

History Matters is an eloquent selection of writings over four decades by Bill Nasson, one of South Africa’s most popular and highly respected historians. The pieces in this compendium are lively and entertaining, written with wit, humour and a finely tuned sense of irony. Chapters cover the Anglo-Boer War, the two World Wars, cricket, District Six, schooldays and education, Spike Lee, Hollywood and history, Mandela and other political biographies, and a great many other topics. Resembling a pudding of spicy plums, this is a perfect book for anyone interested in South Africa and its history, and in a broader appreciation of tweaking the tail of life in the past.

History Matters: Selected Writings, 1970–2016

Penguin Random House South Africa

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Springboks on the Somme: South Africa in the Great War 1914 - 1918

The South African War 1899-1902 (Modern Wars)

The South African War 1899-1902 (Modern Wars)

Abraham Esau's War: A Black South African War in the Cape, 1899–1902 (African Studies, Series Number 68)

Abraham Esau's War: A Black South African War in the Cape, 1899–1902 (African Studies, Series Number 68)

The War for South Africa

Britannia's Empire: A Short History of the British Empire

The Boer War: The Struggle For South Africa

History Matters: Selected Writings, 1970–2016