Notes

Table of contents: 1. The failure of collective security -- 2. The search for a defence policy -- 3. New Zealand goes to war -- 4. The country finds a leader -- 5. Pacific worries -- 6. Mediterranean disasters -- 7. London calling -- 8. Backing into Washington -- 9. An eye, an ear, a voice -- 10. The Americans arrive -- 11. Staying in the Mediterranean -- 12. The manpower dilemma -- 13. Feeding the Allies -- 14. Shaping the peacetime world -- 15. Australia and New Zealand speak out -- 16. The Commonwealth Prime Ministers meet -- 17. Bretton Woods and Dumbarton Oaks -- 18. The Wellington Conference -- 19. The end of the Pacific war -- 20. The United Nations is born Summary: Under the pressure of fighting a war on both sides of the world, New Zealand moved from being a quiet outpost of the Commonwealth to a strong, independent nation playing an influential role in the shaping of the United Nations. The book examines New Zealand's sometimes rocky relationships with its wartime allies - Great Britain, Australia and the United States