Smuts ; The fields of force, 1919-1950 by Hancock, W. K - 1968

London: Cambridge University Press. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1968. 1st UK Edition. Hardcover. Dustjacket worn and lightly soiled, chipped with short tears, some damage on back panel from water damage (something peeled away some surface). Back board slightly bowed. ; A tight solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped, hinges intact.; 9.13 X 6.57 X 1.11 inches; 589 pages; This covers a period in which Smuts was in and out of power as Prime Minister of South Africa. "Field Marshal Jan Christiaan Smuts PC, OM, CH, DTD, ED, KC, FRS (24 May 1870 – 11 September 1950) was a prominent South African and British Commonwealth statesman, military leader and philosopher. In addition to holding various cabinet posts, he served as prime minister of the Union of South Africa from 1919 until 1924 and from 1939 until 1948. Although Smuts had originally advocated racial segregation and opposed the enfranchisement of black Africans, his views changed and he backed the Fagan Commission's findings that complete segregation was impossible. Smuts subsequently lost the 1948 election to hard-line Afrikaners who created apartheid. He continued to work for reconciliation and emphasised the British Commonwealth’s positive role until his death in 1950." (Wikipedia) .