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Essay on Jan Christian Smuts
Introduction in brief
This paper will take into account the various accomplishments of the most renowned general of the history whose name was Jan Christian Smuts. This research-oriented paper will be based on all the relevant information as provided by various websites, journals and articles regarding the accomplishments of Jan Christian Smuts. He was born on May 24, 1870 and died on September 11, 1950;he was a prominent South African statesman and general of South Africa. He was a Prime Minister of South Africa from 1919 to 1924 and from 1939 to 1948. He was also a lawyer and an intellectual person. Initially the paper will be giving a brief introduction about the leader’s personality, his interests, his approaches and his biography. Keeping in view all these details the paper will further discuss the accomplishments of the leader in the Boer war, both as a soldier and as general.
Then the paper will further discuss the accomplishments of Jan with respect to his policies as a prime minister in both terms. His contribution as a South African leader will also be discussed and his interests in developing effective international policies will also be included. Smuts grew from being a sickly youth, overly shy to human interaction, into a scholar, successful war general and politician. He was born in an Afrikaans family in the Cape Colony. In his young age Smuts was a quiet and pale child, his father disliked him for his strange behavior because he did not followed his other fellow beings. He always wanted to do whatever he wished for. Gradually during the years of his youth he developed an immense interest in reading books and understanding English language. Due to his interest in studies and his excellence in every subject he moved to Victoria College, Stellenbosch, at the mere age of 16....
