General Jan Christian Smuts (1) was an heroic icon for over the decades, he was regarded in another light. He involved South Africa in three unnecessary wars. He is credited with doing much ofWinston Churchill’s thinking for in the British Cape Colony, he studied law in Britain.

But over the decades, he was regarded in another light. This book by Stephen Goodson reveals a consistency in his actions and thinking which shows what purpose this far-sightedness served. He involved South Africa in three unnecessary wars.