With 2014 marking 50 years since the first New Zealand service personnel were deployed to the Vietnam War, the release of No Front Line by Claire Hall is timely.
An absorbing, frank, and sometimes shocking, look at an inescapable episode in our history, and one that many New Zealanders still vividly remember, these stories are told by New Zealanders who were there.
They relay various histories in a narrative that is sincere and direct. They take readers on operations with gunners, infantrymen, pilots and troopers to face the fear and the heartbreak of devastating loss.
With 2014 marking 50 years since the first New Zealand service personnel were deployed to the Vietnam War, the release of No Front Line by Claire Hall is timely.
An absorbing, frank, and sometimes shocking, look at an inescapable episode in our history, and one that many New Zealanders still vividly remember, these stories are told by New Zealanders who were there.
They relay various histories in a narrative that is sincere and direct. They take readers on operations with gunners, infantrymen, pilots and troopers to face the fear and the heartbreak of devastating loss.
The book also includes reflections from non-combatant engineers, defence and civilian medics, aid workers and administrators.
No Front Line is compiled from over 150 veteran interviews recorded over five years. With more than 200 photographs, maps and timeline, it presents an indepth window into a war in which 3500 New Zealanders served between 1963 and 1975.
Published by Penguin Group (NZ). RRP $45.
Thanks to our friends at Penguin Group NZ Rural Living has one copy of No Front Line by Claire Hall up for grabs.
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