COMMANDO – A BOER JOURNAL OF THE BOER WAR
| Author: DENEYS REITZ Publisher: FIRST PUBLISHED BY FABER AND FABER LIMITED IN 1929. THIS EDITION PUBLISHED BY JONATHAN BALL PUBLISHERS Date Published: 1990 Contact: |
Address: Email: Interest: ANGLO-BOER WAR 1899-1902 Brief Details: DENEYS REITZ WROTE THE BOOK WHILE IN SELF IMPOSED EXILE IN MADAGASCAR |
Note: GENERAL J.C.SMUTS WROTE THE PREFACE TO THE BOOK, WHICH WAS DATED 16TH AUGUST 1929, AND DESCRIBES THE CONTENT AS FOLLOWS – “A BOOK WAS WANTED WHICH WOULD GIVE US SOME INSIGHT INTO THE HUMAN SIDE OF THIS EPIC STRUGGLE BETWEEN THE SMALLEST AND THE GREATEST OF PEOPLES. THIS BOOK TELLS THE SIMPLE STRAIGHTFORWARD STORY OF WHAT THE BOER WAR MEANT TO ONE PARTICIPANT IN IT. THIS BOOK IS A ROMANCE OF TRUTH; BUT BEHIND IT IS A GREATER PERSONAL ROMANCE, AND BEHIND THAT AGAIN IS THE EVEN MORE WONDERFUL ROMANCE OF SOUTH AFRICA, TO WHOM MUCH SHOULD BE FORGIVEN FOR THE SPLENDOUR OF HER RECORD DURING A PERIOD AS DIFFICULT AS ANY YOUNG NATION HAS EVER PASSED THROUGH.”
