Beyond Hostile Islands: The Pacific War in American and New Zealand Fiction Writing.

The value of Daniel McKay’s Beyond Hostile Islands, a study of treatments of the Pacific War in fiction from the United States and New Zealand, is its range. McKay follows master narratives and images from war writing across decades, and through archives many readers are unlikely to look in or move between.

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Journal of New Zealand studies
Published
2025-08-12
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https://doi.org/10.26686/jnzs.ins39.9897
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World Wars: History, Literature, and Impact
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Beyond Hostile Islands: The Pacific War in American and New Zealand Fiction Writing.

Dougal McNeill
Journal of New Zealand studies
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Beyond Hostile Islands: The Pacific War in American and New Zealand Fiction Writing.

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Abstract

The value of Daniel McKay’s Beyond Hostile Islands, a study of treatments of the Pacific War in fiction from the United States and New Zealand, is its range. McKay follows master narratives and images from war writing across decades, and through archives many readers are unlikely to look in or move between.

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World Wars: History, Literature, and Impact
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