Final approaches: a memoir
by Hensley, G. C., (Gerald Christopher)
"In a career that engaged with international and national dramas at every turn Hensley writes not about himself but about people, the famous and the forgotten; places, from Apia to Singapore to New York; political events, including two coups, one war, one peaceful attainment of independence, several false alarms. His unerring eye for the comic and the absurd is matched always by his insight and good judgement so that we gain an extraordinary view of New Zealand's changing place in the world ove…
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- Full title :Final approaches : a memoir / Gerald Hensley.
Summary
"In a career that engaged with international and national dramas at every turn Hensley writes not about himself but about people, the famous and the forgotten; places, from Apia to Singapore to New York; political events, including two coups, one war, one peaceful attainment of independence, several false alarms. His unerring eye for the comic and the absurd is matched always by his insight and good judgement so that we gain an extraordinary view of New Zealand's changing place in the world over three decades while being constantly gripped and entertained."--Back cover.
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- Publication Date:2006.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Auckland University Press
- Place of Publication:Auckland, N.Z
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2006.
Notes
Includes index.
The Physical Object
- Description:viii, 320 p., [8] p. of plates ; : 23 cm.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781869403782 (pbk.), 1869403789 (pbk.)
- oclc:ocm77573423
- LC Classification:DU420.34.H4
- Dewey Decimal:327.93
Table of Contents
Apprentice in Samoa -- Manhattan and other islands -- Commonwealth divided -- War in Nigeria -- Washington spectator -- New Zealand adrift -- Tropical Asia -- Last years of Muldoon -- Elusive David Lange.
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