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The gunners : a history of New Zealand artillery / Alan Henderson, David Green and Peter Cooke.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: North Shore, N.Z. : Penguin, 2008.Description: 528 pages, [32] pages of plates : illustrations (some color), col. maps ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780790011417 (hbk.)
Subject(s):
Contents:
Early artillery in New Zealand -- The years of transformation, 1899-1914 -- Artillery comes of age : the First World War -- Retrenchment and modernisation, 1919-39 -- Battle rejoined : the Second Divisional Artillery, 1940-41 -- Perfecting the art : Syria to Trieste, 1942-45 -- Pacific theatre and home defence, 1939-45 -- Cold and hot wars, 1946-72 -- Towards a new role, 1972-2006.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subject: Describes the role of New Zealand gunners in the internal conflicts of the 19th century, and overseas in South Africa, two world wars, Korea and Vietnam, through to today's focus on peacekeeping duties. It explores the shift in emphasis from coastal defence to the preparation of an expeditionary force for overseas service. This involved blending a professional core of regulars with 'citizen-soldiers' trained to operate increasingly complex weapons. These are the origins of today's Royal New Zealand Artillery. The varied experiences of many gunners give a human dimension to this account of peacetime service and the realities of war in all its dimensions - tragic, tedious and comic.
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Non-Fiction Davis (Central) Library Non-Fiction Non-Fiction 358.12 HEN 1 Available T00470930
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Describes the role of New Zealand gunners in the internal conflicts of the nineteenth century, and overseas in South Africa, two world wars, Korea and Vietnam, through to today's focus on peacekeeping duties.

"A Raupo book"

Includes bibliographical references (p. 499-507) and index.

Includes bibliography (p. 499-507) and index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Early artillery in New Zealand -- The years of transformation, 1899-1914 -- Artillery comes of age : the First World War -- Retrenchment and modernisation, 1919-39 -- Battle rejoined : the Second Divisional Artillery, 1940-41 -- Perfecting the art : Syria to Trieste, 1942-45 -- Pacific theatre and home defence, 1939-45 -- Cold and hot wars, 1946-72 -- Towards a new role, 1972-2006.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Describes the role of New Zealand gunners in the internal conflicts of the 19th century, and overseas in South Africa, two world wars, Korea and Vietnam, through to today's focus on peacekeeping duties. It explores the shift in emphasis from coastal defence to the preparation of an expeditionary force for overseas service. This involved blending a professional core of regulars with 'citizen-soldiers' trained to operate increasingly complex weapons. These are the origins of today's Royal New Zealand Artillery. The varied experiences of many gunners give a human dimension to this account of peacetime service and the realities of war in all its dimensions - tragic, tedious and comic.

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