Leadership Forged: Botha And Smuts In World War 1

This book is not just about war. And not just about Africa.
It is a story of leadership forged in urgency — where decisions cost lives, and mistakes shape the fate of nations.

Louis Botha and Jan Smuts do not appear here as flawless heroes, but as real people. Former enemies of the British Empire, they became its allies during the First World War — and simultaneously the architects of a new South African statehood. They fought on two fronts: the battlefield and the home front. Not only with weapons, but with responsibility. Not only for victory, but for the kind of future they would leave behind.

And in Ukraine, we see familiar patterns: building a future without a perfect past; seeking common ground amid smoke and ruins.

SPECIFICATIONS:

Author:Antonio Garcia, Jan van der Waag - Антонио Гарсия, Ян ван дер Вааг

Publisher:Кінцевий бенефіціар

Language:English

Publication Date:2025

Number of pages:316 pst

Format:Paperback

Width:155 mm / 6,1'

Height:235 mm / 9,3'

Weight:500 g

Illustrations:Maps

ISBN:9786177982202