...by Thomas Pakenham, for all of you who want to know how things really developed into what they are today. A history of colonialism.

I may have this book somewhere. Was it written in the 1980s by someone with ties to the U.S. State Department? If so, I found it terribly difficult to read.

Bill

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Originally posted by billrquimby:
Was it written in the 1980s by someone with ties to the U.S. State Department?
Bill

Bill, I don't think so. Pakenham is a British (or Irish?) historian who writes very well, winner of the The WH Smith Award and the Alan Paton Award. He is also the author of The Boer War (1979) which is probably the best book on the subject.

I've not seen Packenham's book then.

I do have another on a similar theme. It was written by a "stringer" for the Los Angeles Times (I think) and gives some interesting insights to the governments he covered while working in Africa in the 1980s.

I remember reading it and saying, "Damn. I didn't know that!"

Again, I cannot find this @#$@! book! I need to get my stuff organized.

Bill Quimby

By the way Bill, I highly recommend "The Boer War" by Pakenham. It is, IMHO, the best book written about that war, which makes it also one of the best books about Southern Africa history that one can find.

Thanks, Wink. I'll look for it.

Bill Quimby