Gandhiji in South Africa by M.K. Gandhi

The satyagraha struggle of the Indians in South Africa lasted eight years. The term satyagraha was invented and employed in connection therewith. I had long entertained a desire to write a history of that struggle myself. Some things only I could write. Only the general who conducts a campaign can know the objective of each particular move. and as this was the first attempt to apply the principle of satyagraha to politics on a large scale, it is necessary any day that the public should have an idea of its development.
—M. K. GANDHI