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The Anzac Experience

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The Anzac Experience
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Christopher Pugsley
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:356
Category/GenreAustralia, New Zealand & Pacific history
First world war
ISBN/Barcode 9780947506001
ClassificationsDewey:940.393
Audience
General
Illustrations b&w, 60 photos

Publishing Details

Publisher Oratia Media
Imprint Oratia Books
Publication Date 23 March 2016
Publication Country New Zealand

Description

This gripping illustrated history captures the evolution by trial and error of the New Zealand army, alongside those of Australia and Canada, from the Boer War in South Africa to involvement in the First World War. In its research and writing, Christopher Pugsley walked every New Zealand battlefield on Gallipoli and the Western Front.

Author Biography

Christopher Pugsley is the author of numerous military histories, principally about the First and Second World Wars. He is a specialist on Gallipoli and the Western Front. A retired Lieutenant-Colonel in the New Zealand Army, he has a lecturer in military studies at universities in New Zealand and Australia, and retired in 2012 as a Senior Lecturer at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst. Among his recent works are 'Sandhurst: A Tradition of Leadership' and 'Operation Cobra' (Battle Zone Normandy).

Reviews

The Anzac Experience is one of the best works of Australasian military history I have ever read. Allan Converse, The Journal of Military History