The Navy In New Zealand - An Illustrated History - Grant Howard

For those to whom the Navy conjures up strains of 'The Sailor's Hornpipe' and visions of blue-clad Marines parading the decks of battleships, The Navy in New Zealand will prove curiously unfamiliar. That does not mean that the excitement is missing; nor does it mean that the men and women who have filled the ranks of New Zealand's Navy are not an integral part of its story. It does mean, however, that the 200 years of New Zealand's naval history have been rich, varied, sometimes far from glamorous and seldom predictable. Through the triumphs and tragedies of two world wars, post-war minesweeping around the New Zealand coast and later confrontations in Korea and Indonesia, the backdrop has been one of grim, global conflict; through the New Zealand wars of the 1840s to 60s, civic duties in the Hawke's Bay earthquake and 1951 waterfront confrontation, the monitoring of nuclear-bomb testing in the Pacific and daring rescues in mountainous seas, the Navy's role has been no less demanding and no less public. Perhaps only in the fields of research, hydrography and coastal patrol are its duties less subject to public and political comment -- so far. Superbly illustrated and peppered throughout with first-hand accounts from those involved in almost every chapter of the Navy's history, The Navy in New Zealand brings to life a part of a sea-faring heritage which, from earliest times, has been part and parcel of these islands' identity.

Hardback with dj

Illustrated

Printed - 1981

Pages -170

ISBN -0589013556

Previous owner's name in front

Dust jacket has bumps , scuffs and small tears

Overall condition - good used book

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