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| Tango01 | 01 Aug 2017 11:29 a.m. PST |
by Ian Knight "Conan Doyle wrote that no enemy of Britain had done her so much damage as the Boer's with their ancient theology and their very modern rifles. This book gets to the heart of that statement. This is a capsule of tactical thought. Proving that this Osprey series retains its core strength of highlighting fighting experience from ground level and how actual combat can drive change in doctrine. The Boer Wars are fertile ground for this discussion, and Ian Knight is as usual a capable guide to South African military history. It will I think rest rather neatly alongside his previous title about the Zulu war, and the other combat about the fighting in east Africa between Askari forces in ww1 as a very useful and accessible study of colonial warfare in Africa…."
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