Born to lead? : portraits of New Zealand commanders / edited by Glyn Harper and Joel Hayward.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Explaining command / Joel Hayward -- 2. A New Zealand way of war and a New Zealand style of command? / Glyn Harper -- 3. General Sir Alexander John Godley : the last imperial commander / Colin Richardson -- 4. Major General Sir Andrew Russell : divisional commander on the Western Front / Glyn Harper -- 5. Major General Sir Edward Walter Clervaux Chaytor : New Zealand's Anzac commander / Colin Richardson -- 6. Air Chief Marshal Sir Keith Park : air commander of "the few" / Joel Hayward -- 7. Lieutenant General Bernard Freyberg : a necessary commander? / John Tonkin-Covell -- 8. Major General Howard Kippenberger : the education of a commander / Glyn Harper -- 9. Vice Admiral Peter Phipps : New Zealand's first admiral / Peter Dennerly -- 10. Major General Sir Harold Barrowclough : leadership and command in two world wars / John Crawford -- 11. Air Marshal Sir Arthur Coningham : desert air commander / Joel Hayward -- 12. Commanding officers of the Infantry Battalion of 2nd New Zealand Division / Roger McElwain -- 13. M⁻aori commanders of the 28 M⁻aori Battalion / Monty Soutar -- 14. Lieutenant General Sir Leonard Thornton : command in war and peace / Piers Reid -- 15. Current and future challenges for New Zealand commanders / Joel Hayward.