Jan Smuts an Illustrated Biography by Trewhella Cameron
This comprehensive, illustrated biography is the first of its kind to be written about General Jan Smuts, the famous South African politician, statesman, soldier and philosopher.
The book ts an extensive photographic record of the life of this great man, featuring more than 400 pictures. It uses sources from his wide-ranging correspondence to reflect his views on such matters as Afrikaner Nationalism, voting rights for blacks, the Indians, the Palestinian and Irish issues, the League of Nations, the United Nations Organization, the atom bomb and the future of South Africa in general. International figures such as Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Chaim Weizmann, Gandhi and many others feature prominently in this account.
In his foreword to this book Sir De Villiers Graaff writes: “It deals succinctly with the main events of the Oubaas’s life and with the aid of skilfully chosen excerpts from his letters and speeches, many of which are supported by masterful summaries of the contexts in which they appear, paints an intimate portrait of this most remarkable man. This is given additional meaning and impact by the illustrations so generously used. With their aid one feels one gets to know, personally, the Jan Smuts of Boplaas, Riebeek West, the brilliant student at Stellenbosch and Cambridge, the Boer General on commando, the successful negotiator with the British, the intimate friend of Louis Botha, the brilliant military strategist and soldier of World War I, the visionary statesman prepared to sacrifice himself in the interests of the well-being of his countrymen, the resolute world figure during World War II, and the tired and disappointed, but never disillusioned, beloved Oubaas of the last years.”
Human & Rousseau 1994
ISBN: 0798133430
Condition: Very Good, worn dustcover.
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This comprehensive, illustrated biography is the first of its kind to be written about General Jan Smuts, the famous South African politician, statesman, soldier and philosopher.
The book ts an extensive photographic record of the life of this great man, featuring more than 400 pictures. It uses sources from his wide-ranging correspondence to reflect his views on such matters as Afrikaner Nationalism, voting rights for blacks, the Indians, the Palestinian and Irish issues, the League of Nations, the United Nations Organization, the atom bomb and the future of South Africa in general. International figures such as Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Chaim Weizmann, Gandhi and many others feature prominently in this account.
In his foreword to this book Sir De Villiers Graaff writes: “It deals succinctly with the main events of the Oubaas’s life and with the aid of skilfully chosen excerpts from his letters and speeches, many of which are supported by masterful summaries of the contexts in which they appear, paints an intimate portrait of this most remarkable man. This is given additional meaning and impact by the illustrations so generously used. With their aid one feels one gets to know, personally, the Jan Smuts of Boplaas, Riebeek West, the brilliant student at Stellenbosch and Cambridge, the Boer General on commando, the successful negotiator with the British, the intimate friend of Louis Botha, the brilliant military strategist and soldier of World War I, the visionary statesman prepared to sacrifice himself in the interests of the well-being of his countrymen, the resolute world figure during World War II, and the tired and disappointed, but never disillusioned, beloved Oubaas of the last years.”
Human & Rousseau 1994
ISBN: 0798133430
Condition: Very Good, worn dustcover.
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This comprehensive, illustrated biography is the first of its kind to be written about General Jan Smuts, the famous South African politician, statesman, soldier and philosopher.
The book ts an extensive photographic record of the life of this great man, featuring more than 400 pictures. It uses sources from his wide-ranging correspondence to reflect his views on such matters as Afrikaner Nationalism, voting rights for blacks, the Indians, the Palestinian and Irish issues, the League of Nations, the United Nations Organization, the atom bomb and the future of South Africa in general. International figures such as Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Chaim Weizmann, Gandhi and many others feature prominently in this account.
In his foreword to this book Sir De Villiers Graaff writes: “It deals succinctly with the main events of the Oubaas’s life and with the aid of skilfully chosen excerpts from his letters and speeches, many of which are supported by masterful summaries of the contexts in which they appear, paints an intimate portrait of this most remarkable man. This is given additional meaning and impact by the illustrations so generously used. With their aid one feels one gets to know, personally, the Jan Smuts of Boplaas, Riebeek West, the brilliant student at Stellenbosch and Cambridge, the Boer General on commando, the successful negotiator with the British, the intimate friend of Louis Botha, the brilliant military strategist and soldier of World War I, the visionary statesman prepared to sacrifice himself in the interests of the well-being of his countrymen, the resolute world figure during World War II, and the tired and disappointed, but never disillusioned, beloved Oubaas of the last years.”
Human & Rousseau 1994
ISBN: 0798133430
Condition: Very Good, worn dustcover.
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