TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hensley, G. C.
TI  - Beyond the battlefield: New Zealand and its allies, 1939-45 
SN  - 9780670074044
U1  - 940.5393 
PY  - 2009///
CY  - North Shore, N.Z.
PB  - Penguin/ Viking
KW  - World War, 1939-1945
N2  - "The book examines a key part of New Zealand's history during which time, under the immense pressure of fighting a war on both sides of the world, the country moved from being a quiet and faraway outpost in the Commonwealth to a strong, independent nation playing  an influential role in the shaping of the United Nations. New Zealand's sometimes rocky relationships with its wartime allies Great Britain, Australia and the United States during a period of great world turmoil are all exposed and explained in an engaging and thoughtful look into the human side of diplomacy--highlighting the irritants, the cross comments, the subterfuge and intrigue that are the real drivers of history."
ER  -