Product Description

This book is based on a conference at Sandhurst Military College held to re-examine the events in the Falklands of spring 1982. It is a mix of those who participated in the event with historians, political scientists and journalists.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #673724 in Books
• Published on: 2004-12-22
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 336 pages

From the Back Cover
In June 2002, exactly twenty years after the cessation of hostilities between Britain and Argentina, many of the participants in the 'Falklands Conflict', as it became known, came together at a major international conference. This conference, held at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst and organized jointly by RMA Sandhurst and her sister institution Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, aimed to re-examine the events of spring 1982 from the perspective that only twenty intervening years can bring. The Conference mixed those who had participated in the events of spring and early summer 1982, diplomats, politicians, civil servants, soldiers, sailors and airmen, with historians, political scientists and journalists. The result was a fascinating discussion of the origins of the conflict, the political and diplomatic response to the Argentinean action as well as illuminating accounts of the military action to retake the islands, at every level of command. This edited volume brings together the various papers presented to the conference. These accounts and interpretations of the conflict shed new light on one of the most interesting and controversial episodes in recent British history.

Customer Reviews

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This is a truely awesome text commemorating (as we weren't allowed to celebrate) the 20th anniversary of the Falklands War/Conflict. A co-organised conference between BRNC and RMAS but held at Sandhurst it contains information, thoughts and opinions that can't be found in even the official history written by Freedman recently. IE. do any of us know that the Commonwealth backed Mrs T without reservation. Basically, it's more succinct, more wide ranging and actually includes those involved. At the same time it challenges pre-concieved ideas (including an article by me that challenges and disproves the previous article in the text by the RAF). I thoroughly recommend this to anyone with even just an inkling in the Falklands War. Afterall this is a war which didin't just liberate the Falkland Islands but helped end the Cold War, and the lessons are still with us today - expeditionary maritime power.