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Paperback. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe remarkable, and often touching, friendship between Winston Churchill and Jan Smuts is a rich study in contrasts.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e In youth they occupied very different worlds: Churchill, the rambunctious and thrusting young aristocrat; Smuts, the ascetic, philosophical Cape farm boy who would go on to Cambridge. Brought together first as enemies in the Anglo-Boer War, and later as allies in the First World War, the men forged a friendship which spanned the first half of the twentieth century and endured until Smuts’s death in 1950. Richard Steyn, author of Jan Smuts: Unafraid of Greatness, examines this close friendship through two world wars and the intervening years, drawing on a maze of archival and secondary sources including letters, telegrams and the voluminous books written about both men.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a fascinating account of two remarkable men in war and peace: one the leader of the Empire, the other the leader of a small fractious member of that Empire who nevertheless rose to global prominence.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jonathan Ball Publishers SA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39458349744278,"sku":"Churchill \u0026 Smuts: The Friendship","price":180.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0458\/5524\/4438\/products\/preview.mmbm-5033-g200.0.photo.1868427994.jpg?v=1616250350"},{"product_id":"the-statesmen-by-eksteen-terry","title":"The Statesmen by Eksteen, Terry","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Statesmen by Eksteen, Terry\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHardcover, ISBN 9780909238353\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher: U.S.A.: D. 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The pages are clean and cleat and the book is tightly bound. The DJ has some extensive wear and tear but is still beautifully intact. Now protected with a Cellophane cover.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA collection of speeches in which General Smuts remained consistent in his belief and ideals of faith in human value and the triumph of the Good. 17 b\u0026amp;w photographs. 191 Pages.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Truth Legion","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39559452721302,"sku":"Greater South Africa Plans For A Better World","price":390.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0458\/5524\/4438\/products\/20210402_170143.jpg?v=1617462254"},{"product_id":"df-malan-en-die-opkoms-van-afrikaner-nasionalisme-by-koorts-lindie","title":"DF Malan en die opkoms van Afrikaner-Nasionalisme by Koorts, Lindie","description":"\u003cp\u003eDF Malan en die opkoms van Afrikaner-Nasionalisme by Koorts, Lindie\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eISBN is\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e9780624055853 \/\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e062405585X\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ca title=\"Find all editions of this book\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bookfinder.com\/search\/?title=Malan%20die%20opkoms\u0026amp;author=Koorts%20Lindie\u0026amp;submit=Search\u0026amp;new_used=\u0026amp;currency=ZAR\u0026amp;binding=\u0026amp;destination=za\u0026amp;st=sr\u0026amp;ac=qr\u0026amp;lang=any\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan id=\"describe-isbn-title\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"describe-isbn-h\"\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"describe-isbn\"\u003eTafelberg Publishers Ltd, 2014\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"describe-isbn-h\"\u003eEdition: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"describe-isbn\"\u003eSoftcover in a very good condition.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"describe-isbn-h\"\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"describe-isbn\"\u003eAfrikaans.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"describe-isbn\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn 1948 het die NG dominee D.F. 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Om Malan as mens te verstaan, is om te verstaan hoe die Afrikaners hulself uit die as van die Anglo-Boereoorlog in 'n nasie omskep het.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"describe-isbn\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eStrakke swart-en-wit foto’s van NP-leiers soos Malan en sy opvolgers simboliseer vandag ’n stelsel van rasse-diskriminasie wat swart Suid-Afrikaners verneder en onderdruk het.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTog, toe Malan op sy sterwensbed gevra is wat die belangrikste diens was wat hy in sy politieke loopbaan gelewer het, het hy geantwoord: “dat ek my volk kon dien, dat ek my mense kon verenig”.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDie biografie probeer om lig te werp op dié teenstrydigheid – hoe kon ’n man wat opreg daarna gestrewe het om sy volk te verenig en te beskerm ook bygedra het tot ’n politieke bestel waarvan ons vandag steeds die gevolge dra?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDie boek stel die leser bekend aan Malan die mens: die skaam, leesgierige jong seun, die afgetrokke intellektueel wat een keer by die huis uit is nog met sy pantoffels aan, die onseker vryer en die denker wat ure geneem het om toesprake vir kerkdienste en later politieke toesprake voor te berei.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDit is ’n biografie van ’n man, maar terselfdertyd ook van ’n volk. Malan se persoonlike en politieke lewe vind plaas teen die opkoms van Afrikaner-nasionalisme in die nadraai van die Anglo-Boereoorlog. Dié groeiende beweging moedig hom aan om die kerk te verlaat om redakteur van Die Burger en provinsiale leier van die Nasional Party te word.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDie boek ontbloot ook al die binnegevegte en politiekery wat die nasionale Afrikaner-politiek in sy eerste jare gekenmerk het.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tafelberg,","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39675508654230,"sku":"DF Malan en die opkoms van Afrikaner-Nasionalisme","price":300.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0458\/5524\/4438\/products\/20210420_171854.jpg?v=1618934321"},{"product_id":"james-barry-munnik-hertzog-by-oswald-pirow","title":"James Barry Munnik Hertzog by Oswald Pirow","description":"\u003cp\u003eJames Barry Munnik Hertzog by Oswald Pirow\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHardcover- Undated \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher: Howard Timmins\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUsed - Good. The jacket is \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cabbr class=\"results-note-definition\" title=\"edgeworn: some wearing away at the edge of the cover, often where the cover hits the spine\"\u003eedgeworn\u003c\/abbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e with tears and marked. Book is good with some tanning on all pages - overall the book is clean and solid. Presents beautifully under a Cellophane cover.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThere are few South Africans, of whatever political outlook, who do not respect the memory of this great South African. From his earliest days, his life in Kimberley, the Boer War, his political career, to his end as a bitter and disappointed man, the story unfolds. His government isolated Africans from the political process and laid the groundwork for the separatist apartheid system, which allowed the white minority to oppress blacks. The author – Oswald Pirow – was his confidant and lifelong friend.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Howard Timmins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39726630568086,"sku":"James Barry Munnik Hertzog","price":280.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0458\/5524\/4438\/products\/20210428_162718.jpg?v=1619624523"},{"product_id":"jan-smuts-die-afrikaner-by-meiring-piet","title":"Jan Smuts Die Afrikaner by Meiring, Piet","description":"\u003cp\u003eJan Smuts Die Afrikaner by Meiring, Piet\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHardcover, ISBN 9780624005988\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher: Tafelberg, 1974\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUsed - Very Good +. Book and DJ is spotless. Protected with a Cellophane cover.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \"Piet Meiring het met tientalle vooraanstaande Afrikaners wat Smuts geken het gesels om antwoorde vir al die tergende vrae te probeer vind: Het Smuts sy volk werklik afgesterf? Het hy alles prysgegee wat voorheen vir hom dierbaar was? Het hy 'n Engelsman geword? Anders gestel: Was hy in die eerste plek 'n patriot, 'n egoïs of 'n ryksgesinde? Die antwoorde wat die skrywer van mense en uit Smuts se eie boeke en briewe gekry het, is nog nie voorheen so gepubliseer nie en dwing die leser om opnuut na hierdie gevierde staatsman en intellektuele reus te kyk.\". \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tafelberg,","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39726848114838,"sku":"Jan Smuts Die Afrikaner","price":250.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0458\/5524\/4438\/products\/20210428_162557.jpg?v=1619627220"},{"product_id":"gedenkboek-generaal-j-b-m-hertzog","title":"Gedenkboek Generaal J.B.M. Hertzog","description":"\u003cp\u003eGedenkboek Generaal J.B.M. Hertzog\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAuthor: Die Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEditors: P. J. Nienaber, D. P. Goosen, T. H. le Roux, F. C. L. Bosman and J. Victor\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher: Afrikaanse Pers-Boekhandel (1965)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEdition: First Edition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCondition: Very Good. DJ has some edge wear. Protected with a Cellophane cover. An internally clean, well bound copy in very good condition.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePages: 392\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA memorial book produced by the Die Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns containing a collection of articles which highlight J. B. M. Hertzog's accomplishments as statesman, politician, cultural leader, language activist and warrior.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDit is baie gepas dat die Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns besluit het om hierdie huldigingsbundel uit te gee ter ere van genl. J. B. M. Hertzog, een van die grootste weldoeners van die Akademie. Genl. Hertzog het 'n regstreekse bydrae gelewer ter bevordering van die belangrikste doelstellings van die Akademie, naamlik die handhawing van die Afrikaanse taal en kultuur. 'n Tasbare bewys hiervan is die Hertzog-Brebner-skenk ing en die instelling van die Hertzogprys vir Letterkunde wat vanjaar vyftig jaar oud is. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDaarom het 'n mens waardering vir die tweeledige doel van die publikasie van hierdie bundel: enersyds om genl. Hertzog se prestasies as staatsman, politikus taalstryder, kultuurleier, krygsman, ens. te erken, en andersyds om die opbrengs uit die verkope van die boek in die Hertzog-monumentfonds te stort. Daar bestaan 'n groot leemte aan werke van hierdie aard in ons taal. Dit is noodsaaklik dat 'n volk sy leiers ken en eer. Die verskyning van hierdie werk word allerweë verwelkom en die Akademie verdien die dank en waardering van die ganse volk vir die inisiatief wat hy aan die dag gelê het. Mag hierdie lofwaardige onderneming slaag! 392 pages including index - single black-and-white portrait of Hertzog \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Afrikaanse Pers-Boekhandel","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40074960437398,"sku":"Gedenkboek Generaal J.B.M. Hertzog","price":300.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0458\/5524\/4438\/products\/20210614_175002.jpg?v=1623760967"},{"product_id":"glo-in-u-volk-dr-d-f-malan-as-redenaar-1908-1954-pienaar-s-w-scholtz-j-j-j-compiled-by","title":"Glo in u volk : Dr. D.F. Malan as redenaar 1908-1954 Pienaar, S.W. \u0026 Scholtz, J.J.J. 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His strong Afrikaner nationalism led him into the arena of politics, and when \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/v1.sahistory.org.za\/pages\/people\/bios\/hertzog-b.htm\"\u003eJ.B.M. Hertzog\u003c\/a\u003e broke his ties with Prime Minister \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/v1.sahistory.org.za\/pages\/people\/bios\/botha-l.htm\"\u003eLouis Botha\u003c\/a\u003e to form the \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/v1.sahistory.org.za\/pages\/governence-projects\/organisations\/NP\/np-history.htm\"\u003eNational Party\u003c\/a\u003e, Malan was one of his first supporters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1915 the newspaper ‘Die Burger’ was founded and Malan became its first editor, using it as a springboard for entry into parliament. He was appointed Minister of the Interior in the Hertzog government of 1924. Malan strongly opposed moves to form a coalition between the National Party and Jan Smut’s South African Party in 1933, and rejected the resulting ‘fusion’ government formed in 1934. He was also a leader in the creation of the ‘Purified’ National Party, which initially consisted of the few Afrikaner parliamentarians who refused to follow Hertzog or Smuts. Ten years later this new National Party had gained enough strength to defeat the Union Party in the 1948 elections.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs Prime Minister Malan put many principles into effect, which had led to Hertzog’s break with Botha 35 years earlier. Notably those that had espoused institutionalised apartheid, or separate development. Malan was dour and unbending and retired from office in 1954 after achieving nearly all of the objectives that had originally drawn him away from the ministry and into national politics. He died in Stellenbosch in 1959.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tafelberg","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40146684838038,"sku":"Glo in u volk : Dr. D.F. Malan as redenaar 1908-1954","price":300.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0458\/5524\/4438\/products\/20210624_142034.jpg?v=1624625941"},{"product_id":"hertzog-en-smuts-en-die-britse-ryk-by-dr-g-d-scholtz-afrikaans-text","title":"Hertzog en Smuts en die Britse Ryk by Dr. G.D.Scholtz (Afrikaans text)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eThis book has its origin from a lecture\/reading that the author Dr G.D.Scholtz, as an Adjunct professor, had delivered at the Rand Afrikaanse University in 1972.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHertzog en Smuts en die Britse Ryk by Dr. G.D.Scholtz (Afrikaans text)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHardcover, ISBN 9780624007517\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher: Tafelberg Uitgewers Beperk, 1975 first Edition.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUsed - Very Good. Afrikaans text. 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