SMUTS The Sanguine Years 1870-1919 by W. K. Hancock

SMUTS The Sanguine Years 1870-1919

By W. K. Hancock

The Syndics of the Cambridge University Press, 1962 [First Edition], black and white photographic frontispiece, fold-out maps, black and white photographs, red colour dipped top fore-edge, hardcover, dust-jacket

Very Good Condition, minor edge and shelf wear, previous owners inscription on front end-paper, price-clipped dust-jacket with a little edge and shelf wear, some rubbing, chipping, discolouration, and small tears (see photographs)

"SMUTS stand with the his friends Churchill and Gandhi in the front rank of Commonwealth and World statesmen.  Until the late 1940's the Union of South Africa bore his stamp; the Commonwealth still bears it.  International relations, first in the League and later in the United Nations, are saturated with his ideas.  His view of the universe and of man's place within it is shared, consciously or unconsciously, by a great many people.  For these and other reasons his life and thought remain alive and significant; to understand Smuts helps us to understand our world."