Edited by Glyn Harper – Foreword
by Sir Jerry Mateparae,
Governor-General of
New Zealand -
Johnny Enzeds are the ordinary soldiers, the brave Kiwis who stepped out to fight for their country,
who stared into the unknown
of World War One. This is their story, their experience of the war, from enlisting and training to fighting and returning home – all the ups and downs, in camp, in battle,
on
leave.
By reading Johnny Enzed you will
be transported back to World War
One, experiencing the horrors of
such things as gas attacks, meagre rations, rats, and infectious diseases; yet see the staunch camaraderie that was formed through the communal
singing and the sharing of
the trenches. Nothing is left out.
Glyn Harper has comprehensively examined the letters, diaries, and photographs of our World War One soldiers.
They expose the truth of our soldiers’ lives as they experienced the war. Readers
will gain a new understanding of what it was like for the ordinary
soldier a century ago.
Sir Jerry Mateparae
states that: ‘Glyn Harper’s compelling narrative, drawing on correspondence,
diaries and oral histories,
does indeed offer new insights. He has conveyed
the nature of war in a way that soldiers can relate to – including the highs, the lows and the brutal outcomes of sudden events.’
Johnny Enzed is not a campaign history of dry facts and battle strategies. Rather, it examines
the everyday experience of life in all its shapes and forms
as ordinary New Zealand soldiers defied the odds throughout
the
Great War.
Johnny Enzed is a book that you can read cover to cover in a week or dip in and out of over a few months.
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