OTHER PEOPLE'S WARS - the book of the moment

This is the book that is being talked about all over New Zealand right now. Terrific interest from the media including a half hour slot with Kim Hill tomorrow morning on Radio New Zealand National around 9.30am.
Here is the link to a large piece in the NZ Herald this morning. There was similar space given in the other major dailies.
This book is a major work, it is not a light read, it runs initially to 352 pages followed by almost another 100 pages of hugely detailed end notes and comprehensive index. Whether you admire Hager's investigative journalism or not if you are going to read his new book than be warned it requires, and deserves, close attention, it is a big serious read on a big serious subject.

Based on thousands of leaked New Zealand military and intelligence documents, extensive interviews with military and intelligence officers and eye-witness accounts from the soldiers on the ground, Nicky Hager tells the story of these years. New Zealand was far more involved than the public realised in this crucial period of world history. He tells how the military and bureaucracy used the war on terror to pursue private agendas, even when this meant misleading and ignoring the decisions of the elected government.
Most importantly, Other People's Wars provides, from a uniquely New Zealand perspective, a vivid and multi-layered picture of the events and politics of the post-9/11 years. This is another extremely important book from a man considered by many to be one of the world's leading investigative journalists.