Penguin Book of New Zealanders at War
Download or Read eBook Penguin Book of New Zealanders at War PDF written by Gavin McLean and published by Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited. This book was released on 2009-08-31 with total page 656 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Gavin McLean |
| Publisher | : Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited |
| Total Pages | : 656 |
| Release | : 2009-08-31 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781742288765 |
| ISBN-13 | : 1742288766 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (65 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Penguin Book of New Zealanders at War by : Gavin McLean
Book excerpt: The New Zealand Wars of the 1840s and 1860s, other nineteenth-century military encounters, the South African War, the First and Second World Wars, Korea, Malaya, Vietnam, the Gulf War, modern-day peacekeeping . . . The Penguin Book of New Zealanders at War contains the best, widest range of published and non-published written material on our people in warfare. This is a soldier's book - thus letters, diaries, journalists' reports, memoirs. The focus is on actual experience and on human responses to war. A vast array of personal experiences is covered, including POWs, the home front, medical/nursing efforts, as well as coverage of conscientious objectors.
