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008			071023s2008 nz abcf b 001 0 eng
020			_a9780790011417 (hbk.) : _c$65.00
035			_a(NLNZils)1264349
035			_a(OCoLC)181302417
035			_a(Nz)11537066
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082	0	4	_a358.12 _222
100	1		_aHenderson, Alan.
245	1	4	_aThe gunners : _ba history of New Zealand artillery / _cAlan Henderson, David Green and Peter Cooke.
260			_aNorth Shore, N.Z. : _bPenguin, _c2008.
300			_a528 p., [32] p. of plates : _bill. (some col.), col. maps ; _c25 cm.
500			_a"A Raupo book"
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 499-507) and index.
520			_aGunners boast the longest uninterrupted history of any military unit in the New Zealand army. Commissioned by Defence, this handsomely illustrated work covers the experiences of the New Zealand gunners from the nineteenth-century, through two world wars, Korea and Vietnam to today's focus on UN peacekeeping duties. Wherever the New Zealand Army fought, the artillery corps provided vital fire support to infantry and other arms, and the text emphasizes the importance of the unit to the country's war effort as a whole. The book describes the shift from a purely coastal defence to the provision of an expeditionary force for overseas service, the professional hardcore, the part-time citizen-soldier and the increasing technical sophistication of gunners and their weaponry. The realities of war - tedious, tragic and comical - are enlivened by meticulous research and the memories of many individuals.
610	1	0	_aNew Zealand. _bArmy. _bRoyal New Zealand Artillery. _xHistory.
700	1		_aGreen, David _q(David Warren), _d1952-
700	1		_aCooke, Peter D. F.
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