The Falklands War 1982

by ANDERSON, DUNCAN

• ISBN13: 9781841764221
• ISBN10: 1841764221
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-02-25
• Publisher: Osprey Publishing

Summary

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.

Author Biography

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	(1)
Chronology	7	(4)
Background to war
Tango and tea dance: Argentine and British misperceptions	11	(11)
Warring sides
Race to the islands: Argentina and Britain deploy their forces	22	(13)
Outbreak
`Gatcha!' The sinking of the Belgrano	35	(6)
The fighting
From 'Bomb Alley' to Mt Harriet	41	(28)
Portrait of a soldier:
Comrades and companeros	69	(3)
The world around war
Preparing for the Third World War	72	(6)
Portrait of a civilian
An islander's ordeal: The diary of John Smith	78	(5)
How the war ended
The mind of Menendez	83	(5)
Conclusion and consequences
Thatcher's triumph: It was a famous victory	88	(5)
Select bibliography	93	(1)
Index	94