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David Brock Kat General Jan Smuts and His First World War in Africa, (Hardback)
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- General Jan Smuts and His First World War in Africa, 1914-1917
- Publication Name
- General Jan Smuts and His First World War in Africa, 1914-1917
- Title
- General Jan Smuts and His First World War in Africa, 1914-1917
- Format
- Hardcover
- ISBN-10
- 1636240178
- EAN
- 9781636240176
- ISBN
- 9781636240176
- Publisher
- Case Mate Publishers & Book Distributors, LLC
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, History
- Topic
- Africa / General, Military / World War I, World, Military
- Release Date
- 12/05/2022
- Release Year
- 2022
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Height
- 228mm
- Item Length
- 9in
- Language
- English
- Publication Year
- 2022
- Item Width
- 6in
- Number of Pages
- 288 Pages
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A new assessment of Jan Smuts's military leadership through examination of his World War I campaigning, demonstrating that he was a gifted general, conversant with the craft of maneuver warfare, and a command style steeped in the experiences of his time as a Boer general. World War I ushered in a renewed scramble for Africa. At its helm, Jan Smuts grabbed the opportunity to realize his ambition of a Greater South Africa. He set his sights upon the vast German colonies of South-West Africa and East Africa - the demise of which would end the Kaiser's grandiose schemes for Mittelafrika. As part of his strategy to shift South Africa's borders inexorably northward, Smuts even cast an eye toward Portuguese and Belgian African possessions.Smuts, his abilities as a general much denigrated by both his contemporary and then later modern historians, was no armchair soldier. This cabinet minister and statesman donned a uniform and led his men into battle. He learned his soldiery craft under General Koos De la Rey's tutelage, and another soldier-statesman, General Louis Botha during the South African War 1899-1902. He emerged from that war, immersed in the Boer maneuver doctrine he devastatingly waged in the guerrilla phase of that conflict. His daring and epic invasion of the Cape at the head of his commando remains legendary. The first phase of the German South West African campaign and the Afrikaner Rebellion in 1914 placed his abilities as a sound strategic thinker and a bold operational planner on display. Champing at the bit, he finally had the opportunity to command the Southern Forces in the second phase of the German South West African campaign.Placed in command of the Allied forces in East Africa in 1916, he led a mixed bag of South Africans and Imperial troops against the legendary Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck and his Shutztruppe. Using his penchant for Boer maneuver warfare together with mounted infantry led and manned by Boer Republican veterans, he proceeded to free the vast German territory from Lettow-Vorbeck's grip. Often leading from the front, his operational concepts were an enigma to the British under his command, remaining so to modern-day historians. Although unable to bring the elusive and wily Lettow-Vorbeck to a final decisive battle, Smuts conquered most of the territory by the end of his tenure in February 1917. General Jan Smuts and His First World War in Africa 1914-1917 makes use of multiple archival sources and the official accounts of all the participants to provide a long-overdue reassessment of Smuts's generalship and his role in furthering the strategic aims of South Africa and the British Empire in Africa during World War I.
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Publisher
Case Mate Publishers & Book Distributors, LLC
ISBN-10
1636240178
ISBN-13
9781636240176
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13050423278
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Book Title
General Jan Smuts and His First World War in Africa, 1914-1917
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Africa / General, Military / World War I, World, Military
Publication Year
2022
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, History
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Width
6in
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Lc Classification Number
D547.A4
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An fully impressive work of exhaustive research and meticulous scholarship... highly recommended for inclusion into community, college, and university library World War I History & Biography collections., Katz succeeds in his goal of producing an objective analysis of Smuts as a military leader; indeed, Katz succeeds in rehabilitating Smuts in the historiography. The book stands alone in the historiography; there is no other thoughtful examination of Smuts as a World War I military leader., Scholars interested in the First World War in Africa and South African History will Find an engaging and well-researched examination of a controversial Figure in this book.
Table of Content
List of Figures List of Tables List of Maps List of Abbreviations and Acronyms Introduction Acknowledgements Chapter 1 Smuts Emerges: From Scholar to Intellectual--from Adversity to Reconciliation (1870-1910) Chapter 2 South Africa's Entry into the First World War, 1910-1914 Chapter 3 The German South-West African Campaign and the Afrikaner Rebellion, 1914 Chapter 4 The German South-West African Campaign, 1915 Chapter 5 Salaita Hill and the Clash of Military Doctrine Chapter 6 Smuts and the Kilimanjaro Operation in East Africa, March 1916 Chapter 7 Smuts and the Conquest of German East Africa, 1916-1917 Chapter 8 Epilogue: Smuts on the World Stage 1917-1919 Sources
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Trade
Dewey Decimal
940.368
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
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