New Zealand's great war : New Zealand, the Allies and the First World War / edited by John Crawford and Ian McGibbon.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 584-655) and index.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 584-655) and index.

Pt. 1. Political, social and international perspectives. 1. Britain and the Empire at war 1914-1918 : Reflections on a forgotten victory / Gary Sheffield. 2. The shaping of New Zealand's war effort, August-October 1914 / Ian McGibbon. 3. The reception of Belgian refugees in Europe : A litmus test of wartime social mobilisation / Pierre Purseigle. 4. The moloch of war / New Zealand women who opposed the war / Megan Hutching. 5. Te Hokowhitu-a-Tu : A coming of age? / Monty Soutar. 6. Americans at war : Assessing the significance of American participation in the Great War / Jennifer D. Keene. 7. Caging the Prussian Dragon : New Zealand and the Paris Peace Conference 1919 / Richard Kay. 8. Beckham, Waugh and the memory of Gallipoli / Jenny Macleod. 9. Return, repatriation, remembrance and the Returned Soldiers' Association 1916-22 / Stephen Clarke -- Pt. 2. The operational context. 10. 'Whom at first we did not like...' : Australians and New Zealanders at Quinn's Post, Gallipoli / Peter Stanley. 11. Bowler of Gallipoli : Witness to the Anzac legend / Frank Glen. 12. Devils on horses : The New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade / Terry Kinloch. 13. An awkward salient : New Zealand infantry on the Somme, 15 September 1916 / Andrew Macdonald. 14. 'New Zealand is being bled to death' : The formation, operations and disbandment of the Fourth Brigade / John Crawford. 15. Stopping the storm : The New Zealand Division and the Kaiser's Battle (Kaiserschlacht) March-April 1918 / Glyn Harper. 16. Haig and his Dominion commanders : The evolution of professional citizen armies on the Western Front / Christopher Pugsley. 17. New Zealand and the naval war / Peter Dennerly. 18. From burn to bannerman : New Zealand airmen come of age / Vincent Orange -- Pt. 3. Aspects of service overseas and at home. 19. A different sort of war : The experience of NZEF transport drivers / Graham Langton. 20. On the triangle trail : The New Zealand YMCA and the Great War / Ria Keenan. 21. 'Come back with honour' : Prostitution and the New Zealand soldier, at home and abroad / Bronwyn Dalley. 22. Preparation for a rural future : Agricultural training of New Zealand's First World War soldiers / Ashley Gould. 23. New Zealanders in the AIF : An introduction to the AIF Database Project / Peter Dennis and Jeffrey Grey. The Fourth Service : The merchant marine's war / Gavin McLean -- Pt. 4. Home front perspectives. 25. The poor cousin : New Zealand's home defence / Peter Cooke. 26. New Zealand churches and death in the First World War / Allan Davidson. 27. First World War religion / Peter Lineham. 28. 'Keeping New Zealand home fires burning' : Gender, welfare and the First World War / Melanie Nolan. 29. Blueprint for the future? 'National efficiency' and the First World War / John E. Martin. 30. Patriotism, profits and problems : New Zealand farming during the Great War / James Watson. 31. Debating the war : The discourses of war in the Christchurch Community / Gwen Parsons. 32. The armistace : Responses, understandings and meanings for a rural religion / Graham Hucker.

This book is a collection of essays arising out of the 'Zealandia's Great War' conference organised by the New Zealand Military History Committee in November 2003. In 32 essays by distinguished military historians from New Zealand and around the world, various aspects of New Zealand's involvement in World War One are discussed. Subjects include the Pioneer Maori Battalion, women who opposed the war, the early years of the RSA, Gallipoli, the infantry on the Somme, New Zealand's involvement in the naval war, prostitution and the New Zealand soldier, the Home Defence, religion in the First World War, and the Armistice. New Zealand's Great War is a fascinating miscellany of informed comment on and insight into the event that did most to shape New Zealand as a nation. Contributors include New Zealand's own Chris Pugsley, Glyn Harper, Terry Kinloch, Monty Soutar, Megan Hutching, Vincent Orange and Bronwyn Dalley, as well as Peter Dennis, Jeffrey Grey, Jennifer Keene, Jenny McLeod, Pierre Purseigle, Peter Stanley and Gary Sheffield from overseas.