Letters from Gallipoli : New Zealand Soldiers Write Home

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• ISBN13: 9781869404772
• ISBN10: 1869404777
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2011-06-01
• Publisher: Auckland Univ Pr

Summary

The campaign at Gallipoli in 1915 looms large in New Zealand's cultural memory. But what did the soldiers think of their time there? Here Glyn Harper lets these men speak for themselves, telling the story of the campaign through the letters of those who fought on the peninsula. Harper reveals 190 letters, most of them previously unpublished, from more than 600 that he collected from archives, newspapers and family collections, and complements those letters with a comprehensive introduction, biographical notes on the letter writers, new maps and historic photographs. LETTERS FROM GALLIPOLI offers a powerful first-hand account of a pivotal event in New Zealand's history that will not fail to move and inspire readers.

Author Biography

Glyn Harper is a military historian, a retired Lieutenant Colonel, a professor of War Studies, and the Director of Massey University’s Center for Defense and Security Studies. He is the author of more than a dozen books, including Dark Journey, In the Face of the Enemy: The Complete History of New Zealand and the Victoria Cross, and Kippenberger: An Inspired New Zealand Commander. Rhys Jones is the head of the New Zealand Defense Force and a former Chief of the New Zealand Army. He is also a former Chief Instructor at New Zealand’s Tactical School and at the School of Armour