The Soldier Tourist Gunner N H Brewer Reed, $29.95, ISBN 7900 0688 X Neville Brewer, a shipping clerk, signed up with the Fifth Field Regiment of Artillery in early 1940. He (and the other 6000 members of the Second Echelon)…
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Time to lay the past to rest, Fujio Kano and Duncan Campbell
The Featherston Chronicles: A Legacy of War Mike Nicolaidi HarperCollins, $29.95, ISBN 1 86950 295 7 Within the wider framework of the history of New Zealand’s involvement in World War Two, the “happenings and events” that took place in No.…
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Tagged with: Duncan Campbell, Fujio Kano, HarperCollins, Issue 40, Mike Nicolaidi
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review, War
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review, War
In the wars, Piers Reid
The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Military History ed Ian McGibbon, with the assistance of Paul Goldstone Oxford University Press, $89.95, ISBN 0195583760 The 20th century has seen a significant readjustment of New Zealand’s outlook on matters of defence.…
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Tagged with: Ian McGibbon, Issue 47, March 2001, Oxford University Press, Paul Goldstone, Piers Reid
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review, War
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review, War
Reduced to worthy gestures, Ron Smith
The Armed Forces of New Zealand James Rolfe Allen & Unwin New Zealand, $39.95, ISBN 1 86448 800 X New Zealanders generally support the concept of international order. They believe that aggressors should be resisted and human rights protected. They…
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Tagged with: Allen & Unwin New Zealand, Issue 39, James Rolfe, Ron Smith
Posted in Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review, War
Posted in Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review, War
Overlapping associations, Tom Larkin
Japan and New Zealand, 150 Years ed Roger Peren New Zealand Centre for Japanese Studies, Massey University, in association with the Historical Branch, Department of Internal Affairs, [not for sale], ISBN 0958350574 In 1878, Asajiro Noda, the eight-year-old son…
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Tagged with: December 2000, Department of Internal Affairs, Issue 46, New Zealand Centre for Japanese Studies, Roger Peren, Tom Larkin
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Pacific, Review, War
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Pacific, Review, War
They also serve, Joel Hayward
Salute to Service: A History of the Royal New Zealand Corps of Transport and its Predecessors, 1860-1996 Julia Millen Victoria University Press, $49.95 ISBN 0 86473 324 0 Jayforce: New Zealand and the Military Occupation of Japan, 1945-48 Laurie Brocklebank…
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Tagged with: Issue 33, Joel Hayward, Julia Millen, Laurie Brocklebank, Oxford University Press, Victoria University Press
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review, War
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Beyond the line of duty, Les Cleveland
Kippenberger: An Inspired New Zealand Commander Glyn Harper Harper Collins $49.95 ISBN 1 86950 255 8 Jack Hinton VC: A Man Among Men Gabrielle McDonald David Ling $24.95 ISBN 0 908990 43 X Glyn Harper’s study of Major-General Sir Howard…
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Tagged with: David Ling, Gabrielle McDonald, Glyn Harper, HarperCollins, Issue 32, Jack Hinton, Sir Howard Kippenberger
Posted in Biography, History, Non-fiction, Review, War
Posted in Biography, History, Non-fiction, Review, War
Putting it all behind them, Christopher Pugsley
Dark Laughter: War in Song and Popular Culture Les Cleveland Praeger, US$49.95 ISBN 0275947645 Silent Casualties: New Zealand’s Unspoken Legacy of the Second World War Alison Parr Tandem Press, $29.95 ISBN 0908884672 Whistle As You Go: The Story of the…
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Tagged with: Alison Parr, Christopher Pugsley, Issue 22, Les Cleveland, Praeger, Random House, Tandem Press, Terry Vaughan
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review, War
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review, War
The culture of death – where are the songs? Les Cleveland
Deep Jay: Kiwis At War In Vietnam Rod Eder Tandem Press, $19.95 ISBN 0 908884 55 9 Ensor’s Endeavour Vincent Orange Grub Street, London (also available from PO Box 2319, Christchurch), $59.95, ISBN 1 898 697 043 North From Taranto:…
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Tagged with: Christopher Pugsley, Grub Street, Hodder Moa Beckett, Issue 19, John Crawford, Les Cleveland, New Zealand Defence Force, Rod Eder, Spring 1995, Tandem Press, Vincent Orange
Posted in Non-fiction, Review, War
Posted in Non-fiction, Review, War