A CENTURY IS A SHORT TIME – NEW PERSPECTIVES ON THE ANGLO-BOER WAR/EDITED BY A CENTURY IS A SHORT TIME – NEW PERSPECTIVES ON THE ANGLO-BOER WAR BY INA SNYMAN, IAN LIEBENBERG, GERT VAN DER WESTHUIZEN, MARIAAN ROOS

A CENTURY IS A SHORT TIME – NEW PERSPECTIVES ON THE ANGLO-BOER WAR/EDITED BY A CENTURY IS A SHORT TIME – NEW PERSPECTIVES ON THE ANGLO-BOER WAR BY INA SNYMAN, IAN LIEBENBERG, GERT VAN DER WESTHUIZEN, MARIAAN ROOS

The editors claim that this book attempts to further stimulate debate on<br />the Anglo-Boer War of 1899-1902. Therefore, they included contributions from<br />different disciplines, but with the main emphasis still on historical writing. They<br />strived to continue the tradition...

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Main Author: James Jacobs
Format: Article
Language:Afrikaans
Published: Stellenbosch University 2011-08-01
Series:Scientia Militaria
Online Access:http://scientiamilitaria.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/20
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spelling doaj-31f0bd9e81e04ec2b84d41641e8aecd42020-11-24T21:19:21ZafrStellenbosch UniversityScientia Militaria2224-00202011-08-0134110.5787/34-1-20A CENTURY IS A SHORT TIME – NEW PERSPECTIVES ON THE ANGLO-BOER WAR/EDITED BY A CENTURY IS A SHORT TIME – NEW PERSPECTIVES ON THE ANGLO-BOER WAR BY INA SNYMAN, IAN LIEBENBERG, GERT VAN DER WESTHUIZEN, MARIAAN ROOSJames JacobsThe editors claim that this book attempts to further stimulate debate on<br />the Anglo-Boer War of 1899-1902. Therefore, they included contributions from<br />different disciplines, but with the main emphasis still on historical writing. They<br />strived to continue the tradition to regard all historical debate as temporary and<br />within the expression by the Dutch historian, Pieter Geyl, that history is a debate<br />without end. From that point of view, the publication is timely and has the<br />potential to enhance our comprehension of one of the events that had a profound<br />influence on the history of South Africa. Because of the divergent approaches of<br />the different authors, the different contributions are briefly analysed before a value<br />judgement on the publication as a whole is made.http://scientiamilitaria.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/20
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A CENTURY IS A SHORT TIME – NEW PERSPECTIVES ON THE ANGLO-BOER WAR/EDITED BY A CENTURY IS A SHORT TIME – NEW PERSPECTIVES ON THE ANGLO-BOER WAR BY INA SNYMAN, IAN LIEBENBERG, GERT VAN DER WESTHUIZEN, MARIAAN ROOS
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title A CENTURY IS A SHORT TIME – NEW PERSPECTIVES ON THE ANGLO-BOER WAR/EDITED BY A CENTURY IS A SHORT TIME – NEW PERSPECTIVES ON THE ANGLO-BOER WAR BY INA SNYMAN, IAN LIEBENBERG, GERT VAN DER WESTHUIZEN, MARIAAN ROOS
title_short A CENTURY IS A SHORT TIME – NEW PERSPECTIVES ON THE ANGLO-BOER WAR/EDITED BY A CENTURY IS A SHORT TIME – NEW PERSPECTIVES ON THE ANGLO-BOER WAR BY INA SNYMAN, IAN LIEBENBERG, GERT VAN DER WESTHUIZEN, MARIAAN ROOS
title_full A CENTURY IS A SHORT TIME – NEW PERSPECTIVES ON THE ANGLO-BOER WAR/EDITED BY A CENTURY IS A SHORT TIME – NEW PERSPECTIVES ON THE ANGLO-BOER WAR BY INA SNYMAN, IAN LIEBENBERG, GERT VAN DER WESTHUIZEN, MARIAAN ROOS
title_fullStr A CENTURY IS A SHORT TIME – NEW PERSPECTIVES ON THE ANGLO-BOER WAR/EDITED BY A CENTURY IS A SHORT TIME – NEW PERSPECTIVES ON THE ANGLO-BOER WAR BY INA SNYMAN, IAN LIEBENBERG, GERT VAN DER WESTHUIZEN, MARIAAN ROOS
title_full_unstemmed A CENTURY IS A SHORT TIME – NEW PERSPECTIVES ON THE ANGLO-BOER WAR/EDITED BY A CENTURY IS A SHORT TIME – NEW PERSPECTIVES ON THE ANGLO-BOER WAR BY INA SNYMAN, IAN LIEBENBERG, GERT VAN DER WESTHUIZEN, MARIAAN ROOS
title_sort century is a short time – new perspectives on the anglo-boer war/edited by a century is a short time – new perspectives on the anglo-boer war by ina snyman, ian liebenberg, gert van der westhuizen, mariaan roos
publisher Stellenbosch University
series Scientia Militaria
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publishDate 2011-08-01
description The editors claim that this book attempts to further stimulate debate on<br />the Anglo-Boer War of 1899-1902. Therefore, they included contributions from<br />different disciplines, but with the main emphasis still on historical writing. They<br />strived to continue the tradition to regard all historical debate as temporary and<br />within the expression by the Dutch historian, Pieter Geyl, that history is a debate<br />without end. From that point of view, the publication is timely and has the<br />potential to enhance our comprehension of one of the events that had a profound<br />influence on the history of South Africa. Because of the divergent approaches of<br />the different authors, the different contributions are briefly analysed before a value<br />judgement on the publication as a whole is made.
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