Selections from the Smuts Papers: Volume VII, August 1945-October 1950 - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521033705 ISBN 13: 9780521033701

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2007

Synopsis

Volumes V, VI and VII complete the series of selections from the Smuts Papers. Volume VII covers the last five years of Smut's life.

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Volumes V, VI and VII complete the series of selections from the Smuts Papers. Volume VII covers the last five years of Smut's life - years of political innovation, of eventual failure, of private adversity. The volume also contains the biographical entries and the general index.

Synopsis

Volumes V, VI and VII complete the series of selections from the Smuts Papers. They cover the period from August 1919, when Smuts succeeded Botha as prime minister of the Union of South Africa, until his death in September 1950. The selection is divided into six parts, each with a short introduction. All the documents are annotated and those in Dutch or Afrikaans are provided with translations. There are over six hundred biographical notes. Smuts's stature as a world statesman, his intimate concern with the problems of European and Commonwealth politics and his central position in South African affairs place his private papers among the most important collections of their kind. Volume VII covers the last five years of Smut's life - years of political innovation, of eventual failure, of private adversity. The volume also contains the biographical entries and the general index.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521033705
• ISBN 13: 9780521033701
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 504
• Editor: Van Der Poel Jean