The Falklands War 1982

by Duncan Anderson

Overview

The Argentine invasion of the Falklands in 1982 sparked national outrage and Britain felt she had to avenge the humiliation and protect her own. This volume explores both the military and political dimensions of this important conflict, including detailed accounts of the air / sea battle, the Battle for San Carlos Water, Goose Green, Mt Harriet, Tumbledown and many others. It explains how success in the Falklands set the stage for the years of Thatcher's dominance, and restored British prestige. Including first hand accounts from both soldiers and civilians, this is an interesting and thoroughly up to date appraisal.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781472809964
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date:	06/06/2014
Series:	Guide to... , #15
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	96
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

Dr Anderson is head of the Department of War Studies at Sandhurst. His main interests are military and diplomatic history, from the mid eighteenth century to the present. His books include 'Modern Military Elites' (1993), 'D Day' (1994), 'The Battle for Manila' (with John Pimlott and Richard Connaughton, 1995), 'The World at War' (1999) and the 'Fall of the Reich' (2000). His battlefield tours conducted for both the British and American armies include Salamanca, Waterloo, the Somme, El Alamein, Normandy and the Falklands.

Table of Contents

	Introduction	7
	Chronology	7
	Background to war: Tango and tea dance: Argentine and British misperceptions	11
	Warring sides: Race to the islands: Argentina and Britain deploy their forces	22
	Outbreak: 'Gotcha!' The sinking of the Belgrano	35
	The fighting: From 'Bomb Alley' to Mt Harriet	41
	Portrait of a soldier: Comrades and companeros	69
	The world around war: Preparing for the Third World War	72
	Portrait of a civilian: An islander's ordeal: The diary of John Smith	78
	How the war ended: The mind of Menendez	83
	Conclusion and consequences: Thatcher's triumph: It was a famous victory	88
	Select bibliography	93
	Index	94