War

Jock Philips is one of New Zealand's leading historians. When he was a boy, he dreamed of becoming a war hero, though that dream quickly evaporated when he was a cadet at high school. When he finally… Audio

Alison Parr talks to Chris about her interviews with soldiers, airmen, nurses and members of the NZ Women's Auxiliary Corps about life in the enemy territory between 1946 and 1948 - and how wartime… Audio

Contributing editor for Rolling Stone magazine, whose new book is The Operators: the Wild and Terrifying Inside Story of America's War in Afghanistan. He will be a guest at the 2012 Auckland Writers… Audio

In Ideas today we're taking a look at the privatization of war. Military contracting, or outsourcing, is a 100 billion dollar industry. Audio

London-born Nigerian spoken-word artist Bohemian Thanni is living in Wellington where he's found kindred musical souls to help him realise his first album 'Magnificent Dyslexic', which deals with… Audio

Now living in Auckland, sisters Hana Schofield and Atka Reid were caught up in 1992 in the middle of the civil war which tore Yugoslavia apart. Then aged twelve, Hana boards one of the last UN… Audio

Professor of American History, Emeritus, at the University of Princeton with his perspectives on the Civil War in the now United States. Audio

Marcus Harvey reviews Battlefields of the New Zealand Wars by David Green. Published by Penguin. Audio

In conversation with Sean Plunket, journalist and human rights consultant Michael Otterman explores the recent history of Iraq. Highly critical of what the USA has achieved since George W. Bush's… Audio

The tragic death of Lieutenant Timothy O'Donnell earlier this week has brought home to New Zealanders just how deadly the Taliban's roadside bombing campaign has become. We talk to Victoria University… Audio

Ideas looks at the changing nature of warfare in the 21st century. Audio

This week we look at the 60th Anniversary of the Geneva Conventions. Audio

Chris Turver was the first New Zealand war correspondent to be dispatched to Vietnam. Audio

According to the Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz, the war in Iraq will become the world's first three trillion dollar war. He joins cartoonist Garry Trudeau, novelist and journalist… Audio

"Two World Wars and one World Cup," chant English football supporters at their German counterparts. On the pitch and elsewhere, the repercussions of World War II continue. In this programme three… Audio

A look at the balance between fiction, factual and official histories of war Audio

Vietnam veteran Chris Mullane talks to Chris Laidlaw about the focus for the 2008 ANZAC day this year, and about the Queens Birthday 'Tribute 08' commemoration to remember New Zealanders who fought in… Audio

In April 1918 George Lee was shipped from England to the Western Front in Belgium and the realities of life behind the sandbags. In conversation with Jack Perkins he gives a vividly detailed… Audio

In April 1918 George Lee was shipped from England to the Western Front in Belgium and the realities of life behind the sandbags. In conversation with Jack Perkins he gives a vividly detailed… Audio