The home front : New Zealand society and the war effort, 1914-1919 /

The Great War is now typically regarded as senseless and futile, but most New Zealanders at the time, rightly or wrongly, considered it to be a war to preserve security and freedoms, to punish an aggressive enemy and to win a better world. Yet the war years proved a tumultuous time, and bitterness a...

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Main Authors: Loveridge, Steven, 1985- (Author), Watson, James, 1952- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Auckland, New Zealand : Massey University Press, [2019]
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