New Zealanders At War. By Michael King.

New Zealanders At War was acclaimed by reviewers and returned servicemen when it was first published in 1981, going straight to the top of the best-seller lists. As the Listener noted, it splendidly evoked the textures of war as ordinary people experienced them. 'The photographs and quotations do convey a sound impression of what war was really like, and how men reacted to coming under fire...' Radio New Zealand's reviewer called the book 'a magnificent production and a great credit to all concerned with it'. And writer and broadcaster Jim Henderson identified it is as 'a wise coherent Kiwi voice from the chaos we knew, from the sad compassion we shared'.

New Zealanders At War is the first and only book to compress into words and pictures the extent to which warfare has affected New Zealand life over 200 years. It does this through the words of people who were there and with more than 400 photographs.

It is not a glorification of war, but an attempt to recollect its privations, its swualor, and its horrors; and people's efforts to respond to these conditions with decency and dignity. When once has dwelt upon these things, the expression Lest we forget takes on additional weight. The men and women who are the subject of this book were reluctant heroes and heroines. They deserve to be remembered and they deserve to be honoured'.

Softcover, 302 pages. Reprinted 1988. In overall good used condition, just has some age spots to front & back cover.