The Flawed Genius of Jan Smuts - South African 20th Century History Documentary

Jan Smuts is a foremost political figure in South African 20th Century History, and is recognised today by two of the world’s leading historians as being at the very centre of the vision for a new world order that emerges from the League of Nations and the United Nations.. “Few actually understand how key Smuts is in the crafting of the world systems that emerges outside of South Africa.“...Keith Breckenridge (Economic History Professor). “He was one of the most enlightened, courageous and noble-minded men of the 20th man who fought for his country but who thought for the whole world” - Winston Churchill. “No politician in England for many a day has combined his sweep, his detachment and his subtlety” Manchester Guardian. “This was a great leader, he was a man who knew his story, he was a man who was a brilliant intellectual. “Ken Gillings (Military Historian). “Even the great thought he was great”.... Alan Paton “It was a great philosophical vision that h