A.N. Field's Classic: A These Things

[Idaho Kid]

This is one to archive and enjoy right away.  Very pricy to lay your hands on a hard copy.  Excellent, excellent book.  http://helvena.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/field_things-32.pdf

1 STRAWS IN THE WIND 4
1.1 SOME NEW ZEALAND HAPPENINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.2 INTERNATIONALISM IN EXCELSIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
1.3 AN UNANSWERED QUESTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
1.4 THESE BROAD-MINDED DAYS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
2 ECHOES FROM THE PAST 18
2.1 THE MARCONI AFFAIR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
2.2 A RAPID RISE TO GLORY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
2.3 FAIRY AID FOR THE KING'S ENEMIES . . . . . . . . . . . 30
2.4 "THE HIDDEN HAND" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
3 PATRIOTS, SPIES, PLOTS AND COUNTER-PLOTS 43
3.1 SOME VARIEGATED CAREERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
3.2 THE MURDER OF THE ROMANOVS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
3.3 BRITAIN'S MASTER SPY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
4 AROUND THE THRONE OF MARS 66
4.1 LORD HALDANE AND HlS FRIENDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
4.2 A DINNER PARTY AND A LETTER . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
4.3 DISPENSING WAR CONTRACTS IN BERLIN . . . . . . . . 75
4.4 THE RUSSIAN SOLDIER'S EMPTY GUN . . . . . . . . . . 78
4.5 BRITAIN UNDER THE INFLUENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
4.6 AT 'THE TIGER'S' ELBOW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
4.7 AMERICA'S WAR DICTATOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
4.8 A CAR-MAKER AND A COUNT AGREE . . . . . . . . . . . 91
5 A NEW DEAL WITH AN OLD PACK 94
5.1 BOOMS AND SLUMPS TO ORDER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
5.2 WHAT MR ROOSEVELT DID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
5.3 THE MANUFACTURE OF WANT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
5.4 BRAIN TRUST BIOGRAPHIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
5.5 SOURCES OF INSPIRATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
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5.6 A CABINET IN REVIEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
5.7 CURIOUS HAPPENINGS IN CONGRESS . . . . . . . . . . . 123
5.8 "THE KERENSKY OF THIS REVOLUTION" . . . . . . . . . 125
6 BRITAIN'S MOSES POINTS THE WAY 127
6.1 MONEY CONJURERS IN COMMAND . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
6.2 SMALL BUSINESSES BUTCHERED. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
6.3 SOMETHING ABOUT RATIONALIZATION . . . . . . . . . 132
6.4 FOREIGN OWNERS OF BRITISH PLANTS . . . . . . . . . 137
6.5 MYSTERIOUS BIRTH OF "PLANNING" . . . . . . . . . . . 141
6.6 Mr SIEFF AND HIS DISCIPLES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
6.7 AN END TO BRITISH LIBERTY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
6.8 THE PLAN EXAMINED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
7 RETROSPECT AND PROSPECT
7.1 BRITON AND JEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
7.2 A FINANCIAL OVERDOSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
7.3 NEW ZEALAND LABOUR POI.ICIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
7.4 THE CASE FOR HONEST MONEY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
7.5 HOW THE PEOPLE WOULD BENEFIT . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
7.6 WHAT NEW ZEALAND MIGHT DO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Index 214