Death Among Good Men
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Lindsay Merritt Inglis was a young man who found a talent for soldiering with the First New Zealand Expeditionary Force, commanding a Machine Gun company and rising to the rank of Major. From Egypt to the Somme, Messines and Le Quesnoy, he was driven to harness the tactical use of machine guns, the killing weapon of the First World War. A keen observer and prolific writer, Inglis' large collection of papers include letters he wrote throughout the war, to his future wife May Todd, whose love helped sustain him through the horrors of war, alongside his later memoirs, carefully interwoven for this book by Dr Nathalie Philippe, historian and lecturer in French at the University of Waikato. Major General Inglis' commentary and observations provide fascinating insights into the nature of leadership and command, in addition to revealing the human side of the conflict.
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| ISBN | 9781776890569 |
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| Dimensions | 153 x 234 mm |
| Book Type | Hardback |
| Author | Nathalie Philippe |
| Author Bio | Originally from Paris, Nathalie Philippe has lived in New Zealand for the last thirty years. She has a doctorate from the Sorbonne University. She was the BNZ River of Time 1998 Historian-in-Residence and lived in Hamilton's oldest surviving building Beale Cottage for a year. She researched and curated the Waikato Museum of Art and History exhibition All Quiet on the Western Front? about New Zealand's involvement in the First World War. She works as a senior lecturer in French at the University of Waikato and teaches cultural studies, language and translation methodology. She has organised two conferences on France and New Zealand during the First World War. These were held in 2008 and 2018 in Le Quesnoy, the town liberated on 4 November 1918 by New Zealand soldiers. She has recently worked as a historical consultant on the permanent exhibition designed by Weta Workshop for the New Zealand Memorial Museum in Le Quesnoy. |
| Number of Pages | 320 |
