Seeing red : New Zealand, the Commonwealth and the Cold War, 1945-91 / edited by Ian McGibbon and John Crawford.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-308) and index.

Origins -- Peter Fraser and the onset of the Cold War / Ian McGibbon -- 'Cold War Warriors' : the RSA and the campaign for compulsory military training 1946-9 / Stephen Clarke -- Aspects -- We may not be able to build an atomic bomb, but we may be able to help : New Zealand Defence Science in the early Cold War 1946-55 / John Crawford -- Part-time cold warriors : the territorial force and '3NZEF' / Peter Cooke -- The price of collective security : state-sponsored anti-communism in New Zealand during the Cold War / Aaron Fox -- Commonwealth perspectives -- Coming of age : Australian defence and strategic policy in the Cold War / Jeffrey Grey -- Gouzenko to Gorbachev : Canada's Cold War / J.L. Granatstein -- South-east Asia : All along the Mekong : New Zealand's military commitment under SEATO 1955-65 / Damien Fenton -- Australia, New Zealand and cultural diplomacy in the Cold War : an unanticipated consequence of the Colombo plan for aid to South and South-east Asia / David Lowe -- New Zealand propaganda and the Vietnam War / Caroline Page -- The killing fields, the Cold War and New Zealand / Paul Bellamy -- Demise -- Dare to say no! New Zealand and the ending of the Cold War / Roger Dingman.

The Cold War brooded over the world for half of
the 20th century but its effects on New Zealands
outlook and life have had little serious examination.
Seeing Red steps into this gap with twelve
accounts of the varying effects of this period on
our country, from Ian McGibbons description of
its origins to the fresh look by a Californian professor
at the ANZUS dispute of the 1980s.
Ian McGibbon and John Crawford, both military
historians of long experience, have edited the papers
delivered at a Cold War conference in 2007.
The contributions offer unexpected perspectives,
from describing the 1949 referendum as the only
occasion the public have had a direct say in the
nations defence policy, to seeing the ANZUS
quarrel as the conclusion by New Zealanders that
the Cold War was over. The range of contributors,
including three from the United States, Canada
and Australia, ensures that the perspectives are
varied and the analysis is authoritative.
Gerald Hensley -Wheelers