Contents

Contents : Foreword by Dr Vanda Vitali, Director, Auckland War Memorial Museum -- acknowledgements -- Part One : New Zealand Wars (Te Riri Pakeha / The Settlers' Story) -- Part Two : Fighting the Empire's war : New Zealanders and the Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902 -- Part Three : The Great War of 1914-1918 (the empire at war / Anzac / keeping the home fires burning / our women at war -- on the fringe of Hell -- sea dogs and flying aces -- remember -- Part Four : The Second World War 1939-1945 (the road to war / keep the sea lanes open / flying with the royal air force / baptism of fire / war in the desert / the home front / the pacific war / slogging up Italy / prisoners of war / then suddenly it's over) -- Part Five : Searching for security (fighting a jungle war in Asia / under the blue beret) -- endnotes -- Index.