Werner Herzog (1942) German film director, producer, screenwriter, actor and opera director
Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe (1980)
“… the Jameson Raid was the real declaration of war.”
Smuts on the Second Boer War, as cited in Antony Lentin, 2010, Jan Smuts – Man of courage and vision ISBN 978-1-86842-390-3
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