Max Hastings, Simon Jenkins

The Battle for the Falklands (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

'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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Pan Macmillan
• Seitenzahl: 460
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. März 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780330536769
• Artikelnr.: 39884524

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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