The Commandant-General : The life and times of Petrus Jacobus Joubert of the South African Republic, 1831-1900 / Johannes Meintjes by Meintjes Johannes

The Commandant-General : The life and times of Petrus Jacobus Joubert of the South African Republic, 1831-1900 by Meintjes Johannes.

Hardcover, ISBN 9780624000037
Publisher: Tafelberg-Uitgewers BPK, 1971 First Edition.

Condition: Very Good Book and DJ protected with Cellophane.

"Perhaps because of the enigma of his character as much as the fact that he was overshadowed by his rival, President Kruger, there has been little or no attempt to assess Commandant-General Petrus Jacobus Joubert. Yet he was the hero of Majuba, and up to the outbreak of the Anglo-Boer War came second in importance on the Transvaal scene only to the massive figure cut by Paul Kruger.  As a General his skill lay in defence, and in the supreme test of the Anglo-Boer War he failed because of his overcautious approach. But shortly before his death, seriously ill after a fall from his horse and weighed down by his defeats, he underwent a transformation. At the Conference of Boer leaders at Kroonstad he advised the Boers to operate in small, mobile groups and to attack and attack! Johannes Meintjes has given his readers a fascinating character study of a man whose complexity was the source of his potential greatness as well as of his weaknesses.".