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Too Thin for a Shroud Crispin Black

Too Thin for a Shroud By Crispin Black

Too Thin for a Shroud by Crispin Black


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A gripping first-hand portrait of the Falklands War by Lt. Col. Crispin Black who fought during the war and was on the Sir Galahad when it was bombed.

Too Thin for a Shroud Summary

Too Thin for a Shroud: The Last Untold Story of the Falklands War by Crispin Black

In 1982, eight young Guards officers in their twenties found themselves suddenly on the way to the Falklands 8000 miles away from Britain. Some four decades later, they realised that no one had written the history of this unique war in Britain's history from their side - including coming under Argentine fire on Sir Galahad on 8 June, the most dramatic day in Britain's military history since the second world war. Crispin Black tells their story and casts a startling new light on what happened to them, using the latest official documents. Even basic facts have remained hidden to this day.

Too Thin for a Shroud Reviews

IAN DUNCAN SMITH, MP: 'I am delighted that Crispin Black has written Too Thin For A Shroud. I offer my thanks to Crispin for ensuring that those who suffered and died, fighting for the freedom of others shall not be forgotten.'

About Crispin Black

Crispin Black served as platoon commander of the Welsh Guards in the Falklands and survived the bombing of the HMS Sir Galahad. He was moved to Northern Ireland and Germany before joining the Ministry of Defence as COBRA intelligence liaison. A Colonel, he is a Fellow of Chatham House and has written for The Times, Guardian and Telegraph and commented on intelligence on the BBC, Channel 4, Sky and ITV.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1. 'What dreams may come' 2. Doubts 3. 'Untune that string' 4. The Navy's Private Army 5. Mortars and All That 6. South 7. The Waiting Room, 2nd June 8. March to Nowhere 9. Towards Bluff Cove, June 4-6th 10. Eyewitness: Jan Koops 11. Exocets and All That 12. Eyewitness: Jan Koops - Port Pleasant/Fitzroy 13. 10:26am, 8th June 14. Eyewitness: Jan Koops - Air Raid Warning Red 15. Eyewitness: Hugh Boddington 16. Eyewitness: Johnny Strutt 17. 'The valiant taste of death but once.' 18. Eyewitness: Captain Koops - Upsetting An Apple Cart 19. Stirrings 20. The Southern Flank 21. The Devil in the Detail 22. 2nd June 23. Basics 24. Eyewitness 25. The New Plan: Major Guy Yeoman 26. The Death Knell 27. Shambles 28. A Sound of Revelry by Night 29. The next morning, 8th June 30. The Inquiry Board: Major Sayle 31. Squandering Half a Battalion 32. Admiral Fieldhouse 33. Fieldhouse's Fingerprints 34. General Jeremy Moore 35. A Swiss Cheese 36. Army Doctrine 37. The Darkest Day: 14th July 1982 38. Eyewitness: Captain Koops - Walk on Wales 39. Return South Postscript

Additional information

GOR012985138
9781783342297
1783342293
Too Thin for a Shroud: The Last Untold Story of the Falklands War by Crispin Black
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Gibson Square Books Ltd
2023-01-26
224
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