A Century's Perspective

dc.creator	Ian Van der Waag
dc.date	2012-02-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T20:07:44Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T20:07:44Z
dc.identifier	10.5787/29-0-184
dc.identifier	2224-0020
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/f91a722f208f46e6bd8412c246ebc781
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/7833
dc.identifier.uri	https://doaj.org/article/f91a722f208f46e6bd8412c246ebc781
dc.description	<p>The year 1999 has deep significance for South Africa. One hundred years ago, a war broke out on the subcontinent of southern Africa that was to have a profound effect upon the shaping of the region. This war, historicised as the Second Anglo-Boer War, was a watershed in South African history and for this reason it has been for many decades a major focus of South African history writing and particularly in the annals of Afrikaner history. By any measure, the war affected South African society severely. Smuts wrote some years later that this was one of the first 'total' wars of the twentieth century and its impact on South African politics, economics and social life was therefore profound. He might have added that the more 'total' the experience, the heavier the impact of the war upon the historical and national consciousness.</p>
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	University of Stellenbosch. Faculty of Military Science (Military Academy)
dc.relation	http://scientiamilitaria.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/184
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/2224-0020
dc.source	Scientia Militaria : South African Journal of Military Studies, Vol 29, Iss 0 (2012)
dc.subject	Second Anglo-Boer War
dc.subject	South African history
dc.subject	impact of the war
dc.subject	Union Defence Force
dc.subject	British and Boer military systems
dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Military Science
dc.subject	DOAJ:Technology and Engineering
dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Military Science
dc.subject	DOAJ:Technology and Engineering
dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.title	A Century's Perspective
dc.type	Article