Author(s): Ron Crosby

Military

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 has an honours degree in law but over the last decade has increasingly been occupied with writing New Zealand historical and military books. Ron lives in Marlborough with his wife Margy, whose Te Rarawa/Te Aupouri descent, coupled with his legal work in the area of the Treaty of Waitangi, motivated his writing of The Musket Wars: A History of Inter-iwi Conflict 1806-1845 (1999). Other more recent publications have included Gilbert Mair: Te Kooti's Nemesis (2004), Andris Apse: Odyssey and Images (2006) and Albaneta: Lost Opportunity at Cassino (2007).