The desert road : New Zealanders remember the North African campaign / edited by Megan Hutching with Ian McGibbon ; foreword by Helen Clark.

Includes index.

Introduction : Up the blue : New Zealanders in the North African Campaign, 1940-43 / Ian McGibbon -- Further reading -- The longest day of my life / Victor Henderson -- Silent death / William Bowling -- Up stood a general / Clifford Vause -- I enjoyed every minute / Eleanor Fraser -- Surrounded by German armour / Ian Johnston -- Pipes in the distance / Donald Ross -- We met burning ship after burning ship / Howard Anderson -- The General wanted a tank / Watt McEwan -- A sense of duty / Jean Chalmers -- Dust and shellfire, smoke and noise / James Barclay -- Wondering whether we'd make it back / Ronald Verity -- So close, I couldn't believe it / Breynton Campbell -- The casualties kept coming / Lawrence Wright -- Takrouna was a hell of a place / George McKay -- They were giving in / Edward Gibbs -- We battled our way to the top / Maiki Parkinson.

In this, the fourth book in the on-going Oral History Heritage series, Megan Hutching and Ian McGibbon have collected and edited the stories of veterans of the 1941-1943 North African Campaign of World War Two. The interviewees include the complete range of units who took part - infantry, including the 28 Maori Battalion, engineers, artillery, Air Force and Navy, nurses and Tuis. The end result is a moving account of the personal stories and experiences that make up our history of a very significant an memorable campaign of World War Two.