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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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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Loveridge, Steven, 1985- (Author), Watson, James, 1952- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Auckland, New Zealand : Massey University Press, [2019]
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918 > Social aspects > New Zealand.
World War, 1914-1918 > New Zealand.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Towards 1914
  • 1. Crisis
  • 2. War is declared
  • 3. To arms
  • 4. The emerging war economy
  • 5. Politics presses on
  • 6. Commitments escalate
  • 7. Facing the burdens
  • 8. Managing mobilisation
  • 9. A better course towards victory
  • 10. Conscription
  • 11. Nadir
  • 12. Endurance
  • 13. Peace is declared
  • 14. Demobilisation and legacies.