Boer Wars: A History From Beginning to End

Boer WarsAs General Patton once said, "The Boers? Those sons of bitches fight for the hell of it."The reputation of the Boer is not entirely unearned. At a time when South Africa was a place inhabited by the toughest of men, only those who lived in the saddle with a gun in their hands could possibly survive.

Inside you will read about... The Creation of the Boer
Growing Tensions
Colley Steps In
The End of the First War
The Jameson Raid
Stage One: The Boer Offensive
Stage Two: The Empire Strikes Back
Stage Three: Scorched Earth
The End of the Boer

Who were the Boers, and what was the conflict that would lead them into a fight to the death with England in the First and Second Anglo-Boer wars? Was this a colonial uprising? Or a freedom-fight gone horribly wrong?