This book is in NEAR NEW condition = excellent "used" condition
NO damage NO scribbling (Except for The CO's autograph) NO foxing NO missing pages 100% sound and complete
NZSAS The First Fifty Years (2009) by Ron Crosby
AUTOGRAPHED by the THEN Officer Commanding NZSAS Lieutenant Colonel Jim Blackwell ONZM (Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit) who served in the NZ Defence Force for over 31 years between -
A former SAS commander, Colonel Jim Blackwell, may be called before the Operation Burnham inquiry after evidence emerged linking him to a report that contradicted Defence Force denials of possible civilian deaths.
Blackwell has been named repeatedly during a week-long hearing held by the inquiry, which ended abruptly on Thursday as the new evidence came to light. A number of Special Air Service (SAS) commanders who gave evidence may now have to front the inquiry again.
The last two images that show Col Blackwell in a group, and with Corporal Willie Apiata V.C. are NOT FROM the book I am selling
(Those images were borrowed from the WWW at the URL below)
Two weeks ago Stuff published an earlier version of this article, which may have been interpreted by some readers as suggesting that Col Blackwell was unwilling to give evidence before the Inquiry. That impression is incorrect. Col Blackwell has always been happy to give evidence to the Inquiry, but was not asked to do so until recently. He is scheduled to give evidence to the Inquiry next Tuesday. We apologise unreservedly for any distress or embarrassment our earlier article may have caused Col Blackwell and his family.
ABOUT THIS BOOK......
"NZSAS: The First Fifty Years is the first and only official history of New Zealand's elite Special Forces, the New Zealand Special Air Service (NZSAS).
From their first ever engagements in the jungles of Malaya in 1956, through to the Vietnam War and on to modern conflicts in East Timor and Afghanistan, this book traces the history and development of 1 NZSAS Group.
Illustrated with maps and never-before-seen photographs, the book provides a rare and fascinating insight into the clandestine world of the NZSAS."
ABOUT the AUTHOR
Ron Crosby holds a Bachelor of Law (Honours) from the University of Auckland and spent the first 35 years of his career working as a barrister in the New Zealand courts (including twice in the Privy Council). He has since acted as a commissioner hearing a wide range of cases under the Resource Management Act, as a part-time member of the Waitangi Tribunal (since 2011), and as a mediator and arbitrator.
While still practising law, over a period of five years he researched and wrote his first book, The Musket Wars: A History of Inter-iwi Conflict (1999, republished in 2001 and 2012). This was followed by Gilbert Mair: Te Kooti's Nemesis (2004), Andris Apse: Odyssey and Images — An Illustrated Biography (2006, republished in 2013 as Andris, Where Are You?), Albaneta: Lost Opportunity at Cassino (2007), NZSAS: The First Fifty Years (2009, republished in 2011), and A Desperate Dawn: The Battle for Turuturu Mokai, 1868 (2013).
Ron's deep interest in Maori history was first sparked by his wife, Margy, and her father, Manga Kamariera (Cameron) of Te Rarawa and Te Aupouri. Ron and Margy have three adult children and eight grandchildren, and now live in Blenheim.
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