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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461255603321

Autore

Lentin A (Antony)

Titolo

General Smuts [[electronic resource] ] : South Africa / / Antony Lentin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Haus Publishing, 2010

ISBN

1-283-26439-0

9786613264398

1-907822-07-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (242 p.)

Collana

Haus histories

Makers of the modern world

Disciplina

968.05092

Soggetti

Statesmen - South Africa

World politics - 1900-1945

Electronic books.

South Africa Foreign relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preface and Acknowledgements; Prelude: 'I have fought and workedfor a different peace'; Part 1; Smuts - Scholar, Statesman, Soldier:1870-1914; War and Peace: 1914-18; Part 2; Peacemaking: November 1918-February 1919; The Fight for Revision(i): March-April 1919; The Fight for Revision (ii): May 1919; 'Wilson Peace' or 'Scrap of Paper'?29 May-2 June 1919; 'The Last Battle of the War': June 1919; Part 3; 'A Carthaginian Peace'? 1919-1939; Smuts and the Second World War:1939-45; 'Superhuman Courage':Smuts 1945-50; Conclusion; Notes; Chronology; Further Reading; Picture Sources; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Jan Smuts was one of the most independent and influential personalities at the Paris Peace Conference.