The Boer War (engelsk)

Part I The background to the war: British rule; confrontation and compromise,1815-1886; the descent to war 1886-1899. Part II The combatants: the British Army; rallying the empire; the Boers. Part III The campaigns, 1899-1902: the opening battles; the disasters of "Black Week"; humiliation - Spion Kop and Vaal Krantz; "thank god we kept the flag flying"; the besieged towns of Ladysmith, Kimberley and Mafeking; the turn of the tide; Lord Roberts to the rescue; marching to Pretoria (and Johannesburg); "methods of barbarism?" - Kitchener in charge. Part IV The ambivalences of war: big business, capitalism and the war; last of the gentlemen's wars?; the pro-Boers; foreigners and the war; the press and the war; the literature of the war. Part V The peace: the talks begin; taking stock; peace at last. Aftermath: the winners and losers