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The Battle for the Falklands Max Hastings

The Battle for the Falklands By Max Hastings

The Battle for the Falklands by Max Hastings


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Summary

The Battle for the Falklands is a vivid chronicle of the political decision-making and military strategy during the Falklands conflict.

The Battle for the Falklands Summary

The Battle for the Falklands by Max Hastings

'Excellent' Financial Times
'Stirring, impressively detailed' Time magazine

The Battle for the Falklands is a thoughtful and informed analysis of an astonishing chapter in modern British history from journalist and military historian Sir Max Hastings and political editor Simon Jenkins.


Ten weeks. 28,000 soldiers. 8,000 miles from home.

The Falklands War in 1982 was one of the strangest in British history. At the time, many Britons saw it as a tragic absurdity - thousands of men sent overseas for a tiny relic of empire - but the British victory over the Argentinians not only confirmed the quality of British arms but also boosted the political fortunes of Thatcher's Conservative government. However, it left a chequered aftermath and was later overshadowed by the two Gulf wars.

Max Hastings' and Simon Jenkins' account of the conflict is a modern classic of war reportage and the definitive book on the conflict.

The Battle for the Falklands Reviews

Skilfully woven with Simon Jenkins' sharp political passages are Max Hastings' wonderful dispatches * Sunday Times *
Excellent * Guardian *
An excellent account of the war * Financial Times *
Stirring, impressively detailed * Time Magazine *
Authoritative and very readable * Newsweek *
Will probably endure as the standard history of the campaign. * New York Times *

About Max Hastings

Sir Max Hastings, author of numerous books including Bomber Command, Armageddon, Going to the Wars and Das Reich, was editor of the Daily Telegraph for almost a decade, and then edited the Evening Standard for six years. In his youth he was a foreign correspondent for newspapers and BBC television. He has won many awards for his books and journalism, particularly his work in the south Atlantic in 1982. He was knighted in 2002 for services to journalism.


Sir Simon Jenkins is an award-winning journalist and author of several books on the politics, history and architecture of England. He writes for the Guardian and the Sunday Times, as well as broadcasting for the BBC. He is the co-author of The Battle for the Falklands with Max Hastings. Jenkins was knighted for services to journalism in 2004.

Table of Contents

Section - i: List of Maps Introduction - ii: Introduction Section - iii: Foreward Chapter - 1: Forgotten Islands Chapter - 2: The Seventeen Years' War Chapter - 3: Galtieri's Gamble Chapter - 4: The Admiral's Hour Chapter - 5: Task Force Chapter - 6: Haig's Doves Chapter - 7: Ascension to South Georgia Chapter - 8: Failure of a Mission Chapter - 9: A War at Sea Chapter - 10: Clearing the Decks Chapter - 11: Operation Sutton Chapter - 12: San Carlos Chapter - 13: Goose Green Chapter - 14: The Politics of the Land War Chapter - 15: Triumph on Kent, Tragedy at Fitzroy Chapter - 16: The Battle for the Mountains Chapter - 17: Aftermath Section - iv: Appendix A: Chronology of Military and Political Events Section - v: Appendix B: The Falkland Islands Task Force Section - vi: The Falkland Honours List Section - vii: Appendix D: The Franks Report Section - viii: Glossary Index - ix: Index

Additional information

GOR012469849
9781529047806
1529047803
The Battle for the Falklands by Max Hastings
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Pan Macmillan
20220331
528
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