{"product_id":"blue-water-kiwis-matthew-wright-9780908318254","title":"Blue Water Kiwis: New Zealand's Naval Story 1870-2001","description":"In the summer of 1873, New Zealand was rocked by a scandal: Auckland newspaper editor David Leckie insisted that Russian terrorists had taken over a British warship in Auckland's Waitemata harbour and held the town to ransom. It was a hoax, of course, but he did it to highlight New Zealand's growing sense of vulnerability as one of Britain's furthest-flung colonies. So, in earnest, began New Zealand's naval story - one that extended through the highs and lows of the twentieth century: the First World War - when New Zealand naval forces and personnel fought from the North Sea to the Pacific - to the Second, when New Zealand's naval forces and personnel served in most of the major theatres, and finally the Cold War. It was a dramatic, exciting and ultimately human tale of people, politics, heroism and struggle, played out over more than 130 tumultuous years.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Matthew Wright\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0908318251\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780908318254\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Intruder Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/17\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 258\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.77lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.54d","brand":"Matthew Wright","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43926816358655,"sku":"9780908318254","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_b4f7e27a-34ee-4c75-ba6e-6e647ca05cea.jpg?v=1681085177","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/blue-water-kiwis-matthew-wright-9780908318254","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}