Ezequiel Mercau

The Falklands War

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Panoramic, transnational history of the Falklands War and its imperial dimensions, which explores how a minor squabble mushroomed into war.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 268
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. April 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 545g
• ISBN-13: 9781108483292
• ISBN-10: 1108483291
• Artikelnr.: 54804129

Autorenporträt

Ezequiel Mercau is a Research Fellow at the Centre for War Studies, University College Dublin.

Inhaltsangabe

Figures
Maps
Acknowledgements
Note on terminology
Abbreviations
Introduction: the Falklands and the legacies of empire
1. Adrift in the South Atlantic: the Falklands amid the turmoil of decolonisation
2. 'Dream island': the long prelude to war
3. 'Goodbye and the best of British': echoes of Greater Britain at the onset of war
4. 'The ghost of imperial Britain': militarism and the memory of empire
5. War of the British worlds: the Anglo-Argentines and the Falklands
6. 'Beyond the quieting of the guns': the Falklands factor and the after-effects of war
Conclusion: the legacies of Greater Britain
Notes
Bibliography
Index.