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