Title: Kruger's War
Subtitle: The Truth Behind the Myths of the Boer War
Author: Chris Ash
Genre: Anglo Boer War history
Publisher: 30 Degrees South Publishers (Pty) Ltd
Pinetown, South Africa 2024
ISBN 9781928211990 / ISBN 978-1-928211-99-0
Softcover, 22 x 25 cm, 674 pages, 20 maps
In October 1899, tens of thousands of Boer horsemen poured over their borders, sparking the Boer War by invading the British territories of Natal, Cape Colony, Bechuanaland and Rhodesia. The long hoped for, and openly stated, aim was to drive the British from Southern Africa. Overwhelming the outnumbered and unprepared colonial garrisons, the invaders pushed forwards, annexing the land they grabbed, looting villages and farms, renaming towns and introducing their racist laws. Over a century of propaganda, first by Afrikaner nationalists, then by the Apartheid regime and now even by the ANC government, has reinvented these invasions, styling Kruger’s republic as the innocent victim of British aggression, desperate only to preserve their independence. This updated and greatly expanded edition will prompt the open-minded reader to re-evaluate everything he thought he knew about the conflict and the side which the Apartheid regime’s propaganda machine did not want you to hear.
Map Section with 20 maps
Timeline
Author's Note
Introduction
Making the Transvaal
All about Gold
Who Started It?
The Road to War
Arrogance, Over-Confidence and the Kruger Raid
Opening Shots
Black Week and Black Month
Guerrilla War or Terrorism?
Methods of Barbarism
Refugee Camps or Death Camps?
We Rely on Your Generals
The Superhuman Boer
Hidebound by Tradition
Who was Fighting the White Man's War?
A Hopeless Cause?
Afterword
Endnotes
Selected Bibliography
