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Balancing the probabilities, Christopher Pugsley
Hit and Run: The New Zealand SAS in Afghanistan and the Meaning of Honour Nicky Hager and Jon Stephenson Potton and Burton, $35.00, ISBN 9780947503390 “What is it that we don’t understand? We’re going to lose this fucking war if…
Tagged with: Christopher Pugsley, Issue 119, Jon Stephenson, Nicky Hager, Potton and Burton, Spring 2017
Posted in Non-fiction, Review, War
Posted in Non-fiction, Review, War
Fiasco, Jon Johansson
Hit and Run: The New Zealand SAS in Afghanistan and the Meaning of Honour Nicky Hager and Jon Stephenson Potton & Burton, $35.00, ISBN 9780947503390 As someone who has been around the political traps a fair while, my heuristic for…
Tagged with: Issue 119, Jon Johansson, Jon Stephenson, Nicky Hager, Potton & Burton, Spring 2017
Posted in Media, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
Posted in Media, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
Lifting the lid, Colin Peacock
Dirty Politics: How Attack Politics is Poisoning New Zealand’s Political Environment Nicky Hager Craig Potton Publishing, $35.00, ISBN 9781927213360 The Catch: How Fishing Companies Reinvented Slavery and Plunder the Oceans Michael Field Awa Press, $40.00, ISBN 9781927249024 “Laws are…
Tagged with: Autumn 2015, Awa Press, Colin Peacock, Craig Potton Publishing, Issue 109, Michael Field, Nicky Hager
Posted in Economics, Media, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
Posted in Economics, Media, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
Bending over backwards, Nicky Hager
Friendly Fire: Nuclear Politics and the Collapse of ANZUS, 1984-1987 Gerald Hensley Auckland University Press, $45.00, ISBN 9781869407414 Gerald Hensley is an intelligent man, a good researcher and a pleasing and witty writer. Friendly Fire is his third book, and…
Tagged with: Auckland University Press, Gerald Hensley, Issue 103, Nicky Hager, Spring 2013
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
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
Nuclear free-ish, Nicky Hager
Standing Upright Here: New Zealand in the Nuclear Age 1945-1990 Malcolm Templeton Victoria University Press, $49.95, ISBN 0864735405 First impressions suggest this is the kind of worthy and dense book few people will get around to reading. That would be…
Tagged with: Issue 79, Malcolm Templeton, Nicky Hager, Spring 2007, Victoria University Press
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review, Science
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review, Science
Cautionary tale, Linda Clark; Party-going, Raymond Miller
The Hollow Men: A Study in the Politics of Deception Nicky Hager Craig Potton Publishing, $34.99, ISBN 187733362X According to the rhetoric, the author of The Hollow Men is one of two things. Either he is an outstanding investigative journalist…
Tagged with: Autumn 2007, Craig Potton Publishing, Issue 77, Linda Clark, Nicky Hager, Raymond Miller
Posted in Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
Posted in Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
Value for money, John Henderson
Secret Power: New Zealand’s Role in the International Spy Network Nicky Hager Craig Potton Publishing, $34.95, ISBN 0 908802 35 8 In his sympathetic foreword to this provocative book, former Labour Prime Minister David Lange predicts that it will produce…
Tagged with: Autumn 1996, Craig Potton Publishing, Issue 25, John Henderson, Nicky Hager
Posted in Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
Posted in Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review