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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

A vivid chronicle of a call to arms and a thoughtful and informed analysis of an astonishing chapter in the history of our times.

The Battle for the Falklands Summary

The Battle for the Falklands by Max Hastings

The Falklands War was one of the strangest in British history - 20,000 men sent to fight for a series of tiny islands 8,000 miles from home. Fifteen years later this book has become a modern classic of war reportage, and remains the definitive account of a conflict which captured the nation's imagination.

Max Hastings' reporting from the South Atlantic won him the award of Journalist of the Year whilst Simon Jenkins, then Political Editor of the Economist, offers a cogent analysis of the war on the political and diplomatic funds.

About Max Hastings

Sir Max Hastings, author of numerous books including Armageddon, Going to the Wars, and Das Reich, was editor of the Daily Telegraph for almost a decade, then for six years he edited the Evening Standard. 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. Sir Max Hastings, author of numerous books including Armageddon, Going to the Wars, and Das Reich, was editor of the Daily Telegraph for almost a decade, then for six years he edited the Evening Standard. 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

GOR001238228
9780330352840
0330352849
The Battle for the Falklands by Max Hastings
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Pan Macmillan
2001-09-07
460
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