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Hitting the mark, Matthew Wright
Desert War: The Battle of Sidi Rezegh Peter Cox Exisle, $35.00, ISBN 9781921966705 Mention Sidi Rezegh to most New Zealanders today and there is a good chance they will look at you strangely. A few, probably, will nod and perhaps…
Tagged with: Exisle, Issue 111, Matthew Wright, Peter Cox, Spring 2015
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review, War
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review, War
Explaining WWI, Steven Loveridge
The Bantam and the Soldier Jennifer Beck (Robyn Belton illus) Scholastic, $19.50, ISBN 9781775432074 The Anzac Puppy Peter Millett (Trish Bowles illus) Scholastic, $19.50, ISBN 9781775430971 Best Mates: Three Lads Who Went to War Together Philippa Werry (Bob Kerr illus)…
Tagged with: Bob Kerr, Glyn Harper, Issue 108, Jennifer Beck, Jenny Cooper, New Holland, Peter Millett, Philippa Werry, Picture Puffin, Robyn Belton, Scholastic, Steven Loveridge, Summer 2014, Trish Bowles
Posted in Children, Literature, Review, War
Posted in Children, Literature, Review, War
Yesterday today, Glyn Harper
How We Remember: New Zealanders and the First World War Charles Ferrall and Harry Ricketts (eds) Victoria University Press, $40.00, ISBN 9780864739353 With the centenary of WWI now upon us, a flood of books on New Zealand’s role in that…
Tagged with: Charles Ferrall, Glyn Harper, Harry Ricketts, Issue 108, Summer 2014, Victoria University Press
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Sociology, War
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Sociology, War
War means stories, David Hill
Ambiguity and Innocence: The New Zealand Division and the Occupation of Trieste, May 1945 Tony Simpson Silver Owl Press, $35.00, ISBN 9780986451980 The Battles of Monte Cassino: The Campaign and its Consequences Glyn Harper and John Tonkin-Covell Allen and Unwin,…
Tagged with: Allen and Unwin, David Hill, Glyn Harper, Issue 104, John Tonkin-Covell, Silver Owl Press, Summer 2013, Tony Simpson
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review, War
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review, War
The invisible hand, Margot Schwass
The Occupiers: New Zealand Veterans Remember Post-war Japan Alison Parr Penguin Books, $45.00, ISBN 9780143567240 In Love and War: Kiwi Soldiers’ Romantic Encounters in Wartime Italy Susan Jacobs Penguin Books, $40.00, ISBN 9780143567554 I detoured into these two books while…
Tagged with: Alison Parr, Issue 100, Margot Schwass, Penguin Books, Summer 2012, Susan Jacobs
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review, War
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review, War
Gentleman’s agreement, Tony Simpson
Other People’s Wars: New Zealand in Afghanistan, Iraq and the War on Terror Nicky Hager Craig Potton Publishing, $45.00, ISBN 9781877517693 About a year ago, shortly after this book was published, I heard Nicky Hager in an interview deploring the…
Tagged with: Craig Potton Publishing, Issue 100, Nicky Hager, Summer 2012, Tony Simpson
Posted in Non-fiction, War
Posted in Non-fiction, War
When worlds collide, Jeffrey Paparoa Holman
Guns and Utu: A Short History of the Musket Wars Matthew Wright Penguin Books, $42.00, ISBN 9780143565659 From the time the first accounts of New Zealand’s native inhabitants began to reach Europe, Maori pugnacity and military prowess have featured high…
Tagged with: Issue 98, Jeffrey Paparoa Holman, Matthew Wright, Penguin Books, Winter 2012
Posted in History, Māori, Non-fiction, Review, War
Posted in History, Māori, Non-fiction, Review, War
Where the heart is, Les Cleveland
Home: Civilian New Zealanders Remember the Second World War Alison Parr Penguin, $50.00, ISBN 9780143203541 Paradoxically, New Zealand was at its best during WWII. Driven by the integrative imagery of the “War Effort”, most of us felt we were…
Tagged with: Alison Parr, Issue 94, Les Cleveland, Penguin, Winter 2011
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review, War
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review, War
Myth and memory, Edmund Bohan
Shattered Glory: The New Zealand Experience at Gallipoli and the Western Front Matthew Wright Penguin Books, $45.00, ISBN 9780143020561 The Great Wrong War: New Zealand Society in WWI Stevan Eldred-Grigg Random House, $55.00, ISBN 9781869792633 In 2007 the…
Tagged with: Autumn 2011, Edmund Bohan, Issue 93, Matthew Wright, Penguin Books, Random House, Stevan Eldred-Grigg
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review, War
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review, War
Creeping confiscation, Alan Ward
I Shall Not Die: Titokowaru’s War, 1868-1869 James Belich Bridget Williams Books, $39.99, ISBN 9781877242496 In publishing a second edition of this work, first published in 1989, James Belich and Bridget Williams Books show their determination that knowledge and…
Tagged with: Alan Ward, Autumn 2011, Bridget Williams Books, Issue 93, James Belich
Posted in History, Māori, Non-fiction, Review, War
Posted in History, Māori, Non-fiction, Review, War
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