Scorched Earth – Fransjohan Pretorius

More than a century after the last shots were fired, Britain’s scorched earth policy during the Anglo-Boer War still haunts South Africa. Thousands of women, children and the elderly – white and black – died in concentration camps, and the lives of many more were shattered. … Fransjohan Pretorius and his team of leading historians provide a gripping, nuanced picture of life in the camps, investigating the fate of all those affected by this contentious policy. – Google books