{"product_id":"jan-smuts","title":"Unafraid of Greatness: Jan Smuts \u003cbr\u003e by Richard Steyn","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJan Christian Smuts was soldier, statesman and intellectual, one of South Africa's greatest leaders. Yet little is said about him today even as we appear to live in a leadership vacuum.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ci\u003eUnafraid of Greatness\u003c\/i\u003eis a re-examination of the life and thought of Jan Smuts. It is intended to remind a contemporary readership of the remarkable achievements of this impressive soldier-statesman. The author argues that there is a need to bring Smuts back into the present, that Smuts' legacy still has much to instruct. He draws several parallels between Smuts and President Thabo Mbeki, both intellectuals much lionised abroad and yet often distrusted at home.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis book is a highly readable account of Smuts' life. It also examines a number of overarching themes: his relationships with women, spiritual life, intellectual life and his role as advisor to world leaders. Politics and international affairs receive the lion's share, but Smuts' unique contributions to other fields - for example, botany - are not neglected.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ci\u003eUnafraid of Greatness\u003c\/i\u003edoes not shy away from the contradictions of its subject. Smuts was one of the architects of the United Nations, and a great champion of human rights, yet he could not see the need to reform the condition of the African majority in his own country.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAuthor Richard Steyn\u003cbr\u003eISBN 9781868426942\u003cbr\u003eFormat Paperback\u003cbr\u003ePages 278p.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jonathan Ball","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39308341510229,"sku":"9781868426942","price":250.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/0053\/8453\/products\/Jan_Smuts.jpg?v=1617201501","url":"https:\/\/vikas-test.myshopify.com\/products\/jan-smuts","provider":"Vikas Test","version":"1.0","type":"link"}