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Spine title: New Zealand and the Great War of 1914-1918
Published in association with Auckland War Memorial Museum
First published as a section in 'Scars on the Heart : two centuries of New Zealand at war', Bateman, 1996, which was itself based on a permanent exhibition at Auckland Museum on the impact of war on New Zealand society
Summary: One hundred thousand New Zealanders sailed to war between 1914 and 1918, and at the end of four years of conflict the country had suffered 60,000 casualties, including 18,000 dead. Dr Chris Pugsley's account of the First World War (first published as a section in Scars on the Heart: 200 Years of NZ at War, Bateman, 1996), is a tale of learning about war the hard way, by bitter and costly experience, drawing on photographs, letters and diaries to examine the impact of war through the eyes of those involved. This lively mix of text, photographs and soldiers' own accounts covers all aspects of the war: from New Zealand's seizing German Samoa five days after war was declared, ANZAC Cove and Gallipoli, patriotism at home, Mounted Rifles in Sinai and Palestine, the role of our nurses, the Western Front, and 'Sea Dogs and Flying Aces' - how our sailors and airmen fought the war. (Publisher)