Iron Britannia
Title | Iron Britannia PDF eBook |
Author | Anthony Barnett |
Publisher | Faber & Faber |
Pages | 254 |
Release | 2012-04-17 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 0571290671 |
On April 2 1982 Argentine forces seized the British-dependent Falkland Islands. Within 48 hours a British task force was sailing for the South Atlantic. One in five Britons opposed this war; but Argentina's surrender 74 days later set Margaret Thatcher on course for her second election victory. Anthony Barnett's Iron Britannia, first published in 1982, turned down the din of war and diagnosed something rotten in the British state. This new edition offers a new extended preface by Barnett, addressing UK foreign policy post-Falklands; plus additional texts Barnett wrote at the time. 'A furious, sometimes gleeful and often witty polemic against the decaying British political system which the conflict revealed.' Neal Ascherson, London Review of Books 'Anthony Barnett makes a variety of telling points... Most tellingly of all, the concept he puts forward of 'Churchillism', the rhetoric of national unity which overrides party and class considerations.' Geoffrey Wheatcroft, Times Literary Supplement 'Done with almost Swiftian vigour. I warmly recommend it.' John Fowles, Guardian
Iron Britannia
Title | Iron Britannia PDF eBook |
Author | Anthony Barnett |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 1982 |
Genre | Falkland Islands War, 1982 |
ISBN |
Iron Britannia
Title | Iron Britannia PDF eBook |
Author | Anthony Barnett |
Publisher | Schocken Books |
Pages | 160 |
Release | 1983-04-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780805281491 |
Discusses the causes of the Falkland Islands War and examines the lack of political opposition in England to the war
The Falklands War
Title | The Falklands War PDF eBook |
Author | Daniel K. Gibran |
Publisher | McFarland |
Pages | 217 |
Release | 2015-08-01 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0786490098 |
The Falklands War is an ideal showcase for how British policy evolved in the 1970s and 1980s. The background of the dispute over the island group in the remote South Atlantic (called Las Malvinas by the Argentines) is given first, then the events that precipitated the 1982 conflict and extensive examination of the military aspects of the war are provided. An overview follows of the many hypotheses offered for the British motivation to recapture the Falklands, showing that only those theories pertaining to the British perception of their national honor and the defense of democratic principles are significant. The Falklands War did not result in a dramatic shift in British defense policy, but did show the importance of external developments and political realism in policy formation, and these considerations are fully detailed here.
The Falklands War
Title | The Falklands War PDF eBook |
Author | Martin Middlebrook |
Publisher | Casemate Publishers |
Pages | 579 |
Release | 2012-04-19 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1781597634 |
A detailed history of the brief 1980s conflict between the UK and Argentina, from the author of The First Day on the Somme. With the surprise Argentine invasion of the remote Falkland Islands on April 2, 1982, the United Kingdom found itself at war. Due to the resolve of a determined Prime Minister and the resourcefulness of the Armed Forces, a task force, codenamed Operation Corporate, was quickly dispatched. Remarkably, just over two months later, the islands were liberated, and the invaders defeated. By any standards this was an outstanding feat of arms, cooperation made possible by political resolve, sound planning, strong leadership and the courage and determination of the British forces. Martin Middlebrook, the renowned military historian, has skillfully weaved the many strands of this extraordinary achievement into a fascinating, thorough and highly readable account. Thanks to his meticulous research he covers action at sea, on the land and in the air as well as providing the strategic overview. The author’s use of many first-hand accounts reveals what it was like to be part of this audacious military endeavor. The experiences of the Falkland Islanders during the Argentine occupation are also included. Thirty years on, Middlebrook’s The Falklands War is still an authoritative and thoroughly readable account of this historic enterprise. Originally published as Operation Corporate: The Story of the Falklands War, 1982. Praise for The Falklands War “The author’s descriptions of confrontations in the air, on the sea and on the various battlegrounds are superb, as are his explanations of the use of new weapons, such as the Sea Harrier and the Exocet missile.” —Publishers Weekly
The Falklands Conflict Twenty Years on
Title | The Falklands Conflict Twenty Years on PDF eBook |
Author | Stephen Badsey |
Publisher | Psychology Press |
Pages | 336 |
Release | 2005 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 9780415350297 |
This book is based on a conference at Sandhurst Military College held to re-examine the events in the Falklands of spring 1982. It is a mix of those who participated in the event with historians, political scientists and journalists.
The Falklands War
Title | The Falklands War PDF eBook |
Author | Gordon Ramsey |
Publisher | After the Battle |
Pages | 1786 |
Release | 2009-03-30 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1399076302 |
In 1982, Argentina rashly gambled that a full-scale invasion of the Falkland Islands — ownership of which had been disputed with Great Britain for over a century — would put an end to years of political wrangling. However Britain’s response was to immediately dispatch a task force to recover the islands, by force if necessary. The ‘conflict’ which followed (a formal declaration of war was never given) lasted ten weeks from Argentine invasion to British liberation, the white heat of battle using 20th century technology contrasting with bitter hand-to-hand bayonet fighting in inhospitable conditions. Eyewitness accounts by the participants of both sides, and islanders, leave us in no doubt as to the ferocity of the combat on land, sea, and in the air. Comparison photography in color of all the battlefields, the crash sites of the aircraft shot down, the relics and the remains, together with portraits of those who lost their lives and the battlefield memorials, serve as a graphic testimony to their endeavors, 25 years after the battle. A Roll of Honour lists the casualties of both sides and, for the first time, the graves of all the British fallen — both on the islands and in the United Kingdom — have been visited and photographed as a lasting record of all those who made the supreme sacrifice.