The first and only book review from Kiwilog

The book: "Eyes Of Fire: When Nuclear Wars Came To Town"

Author: David Robie

A book about Greenpeace and the Rainbow Warrior - and how the French still owe us a bloody boat! I have said it a number of times over here, mildly flipantly, but with an undercurrent of complete seriousness.

The money quote - which I think is widely overlooked in NZ:

In June 2005, a month prior to marking 20 years since France bombed the Rainbow Warrior while berthed at Marden Wharf, Auckland - killing Portuguese-born photographer Fernando Pereira - David Robie said: "Two decades on we should keep a sense of perspective
– this was an outrageous act of war against a friendly sovereign nation and an act of terror against a non-violent global protest organisation.'

As is so often chanted in remembrance of other acts of war: Lest We Forget.

Indeed.