The Boer War. (Reviews).(Book Review)(Brief Article)

From: Contemporary Review | Date: October 1, 2002 | Copyright information

The Boer War. Denis Judd and Keith Surridge. John Murray. [pounds sterling]25.00. 352 pages. ISBN 0-7195-5585-X. This study, written by two historians well versed in the period and the area, was faced with a common problem: how to say anything new about a subject that has been written about so many times. Their answer was to 'clarify certain aspects of the conflict -- confusion, ambivalence, surprising alignments and realignments, misrepresentation, 'spin doctoring', double standar...

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