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Selections from the Smuts Papers: Volume 3, June 1910–November 1918

Keith Hancock editor Jean van der Poel editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:5th Apr '07

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The first four volumes of Selections from the Smuts Papers cover the period 1886–1919. This volume covers the early years of the Union, and the campaigns in 1915 and 1916.

The first four volumes of Selections from the Smuts Papers cover the period 1886–1919. This volume covers the early years of the Union, the campaigns in the South West and East Africa in 1915 and 1916, and Smuts's membership of the British War Cabinet.The great collection of letters and papers comprising the Smuts Papers has been assembled at the University of Cape Town by Dr Jean van der Poel, under Sir Keith Hancock's direction, since Smuts's death in 1950. The first four volumes of selections cover the period 1886–1919. The selections are divided into twelve parts, each with a short introductory section. Dr van der Poel has provided brief introductions to each letter, article or speech and has annotated every document. This volume covers the early years of the Union, the campaigns in the South West and East Africa in 1915 and 1916, and Smuts's membership of the British War Cabinet. It includes his famous speech on the British Empire as a Commonwealth of Nations and his first formulation of the idea of a League of Nations.

ISBN: 9780521033664

Dimensions: 243mm x 170mm x 31mm

Weight: 1100g

696 pages