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001			ocn979997513
003			OCoLC
005			20190308100827.0
008			170330s2017 nz 000 1 eng
020			_a9781775540908
020			_a1775540901
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082	0	4	_aNZ823.3 _223
100			_aMcNeish, James, _d1931- _eauthor. _911729
245	1	0	_aBreaking ranks / _cJames McNeish.
246	3	4	_aBreaking ranks : _bthree uninterrupted lives.
260			_aAuckland, N.Z. _bHarperCollins Publishers _c2017.
300			_a291 pages ; _c21 cm.
520			_aThree distinct stories about three distinct men, but with one thing in common - they all paid the price for standing up for what they believed. From a great writer, three great stories about conscience and consequence. This is the story of three men - a doctor, a soldier and a judge. They are men of rare achievement. The doctor has the gift of saving others but not himself. The soldier disobeys orders and abandons his command post in a bid to die with his men. The judge cares more to uphold a principle than save himself from ruin. All three defy convention in a way that exacts a price. The first two, Dr John Saxby and Brigadier Reginald Miles, destroy themselves. The death of the judge, Peter Mahon, is hastened by his stand for truth and justice on behalf of the victims of New Zealand's worst air disaster. "New Zealand seems to have the knack of neutralising those who try to foist moral greatness on their countrymen," James McNeish writes. In Breaking Ranks, the author celebrates three brave men whose guiding spirit - subversion? anarchy? - challenges our assumptions of what it is to be a good New Zealander.
650		0	_aMen _vFiction. _911485
650		0	_aPhysicians _vFiction. _92708
650		0	_aJudges _vFiction. _915951
651		0	_921526 _aNew Zealand.
650		0	_911090 _aSoldiers _vFiction.
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948			_hHELD BY NZWMT - 7 OTHER HOLDINGS
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