The Battle for the Falklands
Author(s): Max Hastings, Simon Jenkins
<b><i>The Battle for the Falklands </i>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.</b> 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.
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- : Pan Macmillan
- : Campbell Books Ltd
- : 0.3
- : 31 July 2022
- : 4.2 Centimeters X 13 Centimeters X 19.7 Centimeters
- : books
Special Fields
- : Max Hastings, Simon Jenkins
- : Paperback
- : 1
- : English
- : 528