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Subtitle: Analysis & Documents Volume One   Authors: Andre du Toit and Hermann Giliomee Publisher: David Philip () ISBN-10: ISBN-13: Condition: Very Good - Slight wear to cover corners and creasing at bottom of spine Binding: Softcover Pages: 309 Dimensions: 23.5 x 15.6 x 2 cm +++ by Andre du Toit and Hermann Giliomee +++ A collection, with explanatory and critical comments of 140 key documents - letters, speeches, manifestos, reports, petitions, diary entries and newspaper editorials - of Afrikaners over the period .   A passion for books and a passion for collecting fine editions was the recipe that created the successful group of bookshops in Johannesburg called Bookdealers. The group started thirty years ago with one store in the quirky suburb of Yeoville and has grown through the years to a total of five shops, plus our online sales. Bookdealers is well-known for its collectable and used books. We also have a large variety of remaindered books sourced from around the world.  If you collect from one of our five branches there is no delivery charge. We also offer postal delivery (when available) and courier delivery, subject to a quote.

The Super-Afrikaners, Inside the Afrikaner Broederbond - I. Wilkins & H. Strydom (signed by both authors) Jonathan Ball Publishers, . Condition: Good.      

The Super-Afrikaners, originally published in 1978, scandalised a nation as it exposed the secret workings of the Broederbond. Out of print for over three decades, this edition with an introduction by Max du Preez is available for a new generation.  Formed in Johannesburg in 1918 by a group of young Afrikaners disillusioned by their role as dispossessed people in their own country, the first triumph of this remarkable organisation was the fact that it was largely responsible for welding together dissident factions within Afrikanerdom and thereby ensuring the accession of the National Party to power in 1948. This highly organised clique of Super-Afrikaners, by sophisticated political intrigue, waged a remarkable campaign to harness political, social and economic forces in South Africa to its cause and succeeded.  Political journalists Hans Strydom and Ivor Wilkins traced, at great personal risk, its development from the earliest days to the present. The book includes the most comprehensive list of Broeders ever published. Paperback, 616 pages. Published 2012

The First Campaign Victory of the Great War: South Africa, Manoeuvre Warfare, the Afrikaner Rebellion and the German South West African Campaign, 1914-1915. The First World War moulded the global landscape and had a lasting effect on much of the World. Where the majority of international research focusses on the European theatre, Antonio Garcia explores one of the peripheral campaigns of the Great War. South Africas First World War campaign in German South West Africa was a daring military undertaking epitomised by manoeuvre and rapidity. The author takes a novel approach in comparing the campaign to manoeuvre warfare theory. Manoeuvre theory is based on the principles of mobility, rapidity and surprise which attempts to achieve victory with the least loss of resources and in the shortest time possible. In order to achieve a rapid victory against the German forces, the South African soldiers were pushed to the limits of exhaustion to achieve the Union of South Africas strategic objectives. The campaign in the deserts of German South Africa became the setting for adventure and war, where Briton, Boer and People of Colour served together as a Dominion of the British Empire. Blacks, Coloureds and Indians fought for the hopes of better political franchise, an ambition which was not to be achieved until 80 years later. The book addresses the complex political dynamics in South Africa at the time of the Great War, the deep division between Afrikaners and British South Africans and the Afrikaner Rebellion. With the backdrop of political difficulties and a lack of overwhelming support for the entry into the Great War, the Botha government needed a quick result so as to maintain the delicate balance of power. The author provides an analysis on the campaign through the lens of military theory so as to determine how the swift victory was achieved. The book answers the question of whether the campaign was won through numerical superiority or through the use of a superior operational strategy. The victory was the first campaign victory led by a British Dominion. Paperback, 208 pages.

Die straf vir di verraad? Die dood. In een geval moes kommandolede van hul voormalige makkers teregstel, terwyl vier broers van Wakkerstroom wat die wapen opgeneem het teen die Boeremagte almal op dieselfde dag gefusilleer is. Albert Blake het argiewe gefynkam, vergete grafstene gevind en die nageslag van tereggesteldes opgespoor om vas te stel hoe diep die verskynsel van verraad die Afrikaner geraak het. Hy het selfs afgekom op teregstellings wat nie vantevore al opgeteken is nie. Hy haal uit dagboeke en veldverslae aan om die teregstellings dramaties te herskep. Blake ontbloot hoe Boereverraad tydens die dekades van Afrikaner-nasionalisme onder die mat gevee is, maar ook hoe dit tot in die 20ste eeu nog by Afrikaners gespook het. Hierdie is die enigste en mees betroubare... manuskrip oor die onderwerp ooit in Suid-Afrika geskryf. A gripping account of Boer treason during the Anglo-Boer War. Boer turned on Boer when burghers joined the British forces or helped them in any other way. With extracts from diaries and field reports Albert Blake recounts the drama of executions by firing squad and highlights the trauma it inflicted on both the executioners and family of the executed. Paperback, 351 pages

Twelve years after fighting against the British during the Anglo-Boer War, Louis Botha went to war on Britain’s side. As prime minister of the Union of South Africa at the outbreak of the First World War, Botha agreed to lead his country on a campaign against the Germans across the border in South-West Africa. But first he would have to deal with a conflict at home.  Many Afrikaners balked at the prime minister’s decision, and so began a war on two fronts. While Union Defence Force troops gathered on the border and prepared to launch an offensive, a handful of Botha’s former comrades incited an Afrikaner rebellion intent on keeping South Africa out of the war, or worse, siding with Germany.  Louis Botha’s War  is the story of how a former Boer War fighting-general-turned-politician crushed a rebellion, rallied his country’s first united army to fight in harsh conditions and defeated the enemy in the Great War’s first successful Allied campaign. Botha’s actions and these events would determine the fate of South-West Africa, and its relationship with its southern neighbour, for the next eighty years.    Paperback, 240 pages.  Release Date: January 2015

 Author:  Albert Blake ISBN:  9780624049227     Tydens die Anglo-Boereoorlog was dit nie net Boer teen Brit nie, maar ook Boer teen  Boer. Etlike burgers van die Boere-republieke het as joiners by die Britse magte  aangesluit, terwyl ander inligting oor die Boeremagte aan die vyand verskaf het. Die  straf vir di¿ verraad? Die dood. In een geval moes kommandolede van hul voormalige  makkers teregstel, terwyl vier broers van Wakkerstroom wat die wapen opgeneem het  teen die Boeremagte almal op dieselfde dag gefusilleer is. Albert Blake het argiewe  gefynkam, vergete grafstene gevind en die nageslag van tereggesteldes opgespoor om  vas te stel hoe diep die verskynsel van verraad die Afrikaner geraak het. Hy het  selfs afgekom op teregstellings wat nie vantevore al opgeteken is nie. Hy haal uit  dagboeke en veldverslae aan om die teregstellings dramaties te herskep. Blake  ontbloot hoe Boereverraad tydens die dekades van Afrikaner-nasionalisme onder die mat  gevee is, maar ook hoe dit tot in die 20ste eeu nog by Afrikaners gespook het.  'Hierdie is die enigste en mees betroubare... manuskrip oor die onderwerp ooit in  Suid-Afrika geskryf.'  

Twelve years after fighting against the British during the Anglo-Boer War, Louis Botha went to war on Britains side. As prime minister of the Union of South Africa at the outbreak of the First World War, Botha agreed to lead his country on a campaign against the Germans across the border in South-West Africa. But first he would have to deal with a conflict at home.  Many Afrikaners balked at the prime ministers decision, and so began a war on two fronts. While Union Defence Force troops gathered on the border and prepared to launch an offensive, a handful of Bothas former comrades incited an Afrikaner rebellion intent on keeping South Africa out of the war, or worse, siding with Germany.  Louis Bothas War  is the story of how a former Boer War fighting-general-turned-politician crushed a rebellion, rallied his countrys first united army to fight in harsh conditions and defeated the enemy in the Great Wars first successful Allied campaign. Bothas actions and these events would determine the fate of South-West Africa, and its relationship with its southern neighbour, for the next eighty years.    Paperback, 240 pages.  Release Date: January 2015