One Flag, One Queen, One Tongue: New Zealand and the South African War

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War has been an unforgettable, powerful experience for many New Zealanders, and a defining element in the evolution of New Zealand as a nation. The South African War - the ""Boer War"" of 1899-1902 - was New Zealand's first overseas war, in which more than 6,000 people fought and 230 lost their lives. This collection of essays by leading historians presents various perspectives on New Zealand's involvement in this historical event. Opposition to the war, women and Maori in the war, the Australian perspective, and the Montreal Flag Riot of 1900 are all subjtects covered. Several distinguished overseas historians, inluding Tom Pakenham and Carman Miller, set the New Zealand effort in a wider imperial framework.

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Ian McGibbon ONZM is senior historian at the Ministry for Culture and Heritage, specialising in the history of New Zealand's defence and foreign policy, and military history. He was the Ministry of Defence's historian from 1971 to 1979 before joining the Historical Publications Branch, Department of Internal Affairs. From 1983 to 1989 he was Acting Chief Historian. He was involved in the inception of both the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography and the New Zealand Historical Atlas, and was Managing Editor of the latter. His has written a number of major publications of military history and was the editor of the Oxford Companion to New Zealand Military History (2000). Ian is edits the journal of the New Zealand Institute of International Affairs, New Zealand International Review. In 1997 he was appointed ONZM for services to historical research. John Crawford is the New Zealand Defence Forces historian and holds an MA in History from the University of Canterbury. He is the author of many books and papers including To Fight for the Empire, An Illustrated History of New Zealand and the South African War, 1899-1902, Kia Kaha: New Zealand in the Second World War, New Zealand's Pacific Frontline: Guadalcanal - Solomon Islands Campaign 1942-45, In the Field For Peace - New Zealand's Contribution to International Peace-support Operations: 1950-1995 and, with Glyn Harper, Operation East Timor.