{"product_id":"2940012978615","title":"THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA","description":"CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e CHAP.                                            PAGE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    I. THE BOER PEOPLE                               9\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   II. THE CAUSE OF QUARREL                         23\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  III. THE NEGOTIATIONS                             41\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   IV. SOME POINTS EXAMINED                         61\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    V. THE NEGOTIATIONS FOR PEACE                   73\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   VI. THE FARM-BURNING                             84\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  VII. THE CONCENTRATION CAMPS                      94\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e VIII. THE BRITISH SOLDIER IN SOUTH AFRICA         107\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   IX. FURTHER CHARGES AGAINST BRITISH TROOPS      123\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    X. THE OTHER SIDE OF THE QUESTION              133\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   XI. CONCLUSIONS                                 150\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE WAR:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eITS CAUSE AND CONDUCT\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE BOER PEOPLE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is impossible to appreciate the South African problem and the causes\u003cbr\u003ewhich have led up to the present war between the British Empire and the\u003cbr\u003eBoer republics without some knowledge, however superficial, of the past\u003cbr\u003ehistory of South Africa. To tell the tale one must go back to the\u003cbr\u003ebeginning, for there has been complete continuity of history in South\u003cbr\u003eAfrica, and every stage has depended upon that which has preceded it. No\u003cbr\u003eone can know or appreciate the Boer who does not know his past, for he\u003cbr\u003eis what his past has made him.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt was about the time when Oliver Cromwell was at his zenith--in 1652,\u003cbr\u003eto be pedantically accurate--that the Dutch made their first lodgment at\u003cbr\u003ethe Cape of Good Hope. The Portuguese had been there before them, but,\u003cbr\u003erepelled by the evil weather, and lured forward by rumours of gold, they\u003cbr\u003ehad passed the true seat of empire, and had voyaged farther, to settle\u003cbr\u003ealong the eastern coast. But the Dutchmen at the Cape prospered and grew\u003cbr\u003estronger in that robust climate. They did not penetrate far inland, for\u003cbr\u003ethey were few in number, and all they wanted was to be found close at\u003cbr\u003ehand. But they built themselves houses, and they supplied the Dutch East\u003cbr\u003eIndia Company with food and water, gradually budding off little\u003cbr\u003etownlets, Wynberg, Stellenbosch, and pushing their settlements up the\u003cbr\u003elong slopes which lead to that great central plateau which extends for\u003cbr\u003e1,500 miles from the edge of the Karoo to the Valley of the Zambesi.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47147445616880,"sku":"2940012978615","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940012978615_p0.jpg?v=1763575080","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940012978615","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}