War in the Falklands : the full story. [Surrender; The yawning gap; The rights and wrongs of history; The long road to war; Argentina's General Patton; My job is war; A most ungentlemanly act; Task Force South; The battle for peace; Enter Al Haig; The Empire strikes back; Operation Blackbuck; Death of the Belgrano; A final chance for peace; D-Day; The blackbird and the falcon; Bomb alley, Death valley; The other casualty; The Battle for Goose Green; A Bay too far; Advance on Stanley]

Sunday Times of London Insight Team. [Paul Eddy, Magnus Linklater, John Ball, Michael Bilton, Robin Morgan, John Shirley, Isabel Hilton, Jon Connell, Ian Jack, Simon Winchester, Will Elisworth Jones, Michael Jones, Mark Mosenball, Keith Richardson, George Rosie, Jon Swain, Tony Terry, John Witherow, Mary Beale, Lee Chester Therese Stanton, GOrdon Beckett, Phil Green, Peter Sullivan, John Grimwade, David Gibbons, Lydia Link ; design, Irving Freeman]

ISBN 10: 0060150823 / ISBN 13: 9780060150822

Published by New York ; Cambridge ; Philadelphia ; San francisco ; London : Mexico City ; Sao Paolo ; Sydney : Harper & Row, 1982, 1982

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1st US edition, 1st printing ; xi, 294 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm. ; LC: F3031; Dewey: 997/.11; OCLC: 8826510 ; ISBN: 0060150823; 9780060150822 LCCN: 82-48612 ; "Portions of this work originally appeared in somewhat different form in the Sunday times" ; black cloth in price-clipped pictorial dustjacket ; bookseller's label on front endpaper ; Contents: Surrender -- The yawning gap -- The rights and wrongs of history -- The long road to war -- Argentina's General Patton -- My job is war -- A most ungentlemanly act -- Task Force South -- The battle for peace -- Enter Al Haig -- The Empire strikes back -- Operation Blackbuck -- Death of the Belgrano -- A final chance for peace -- D-Day -- The blackbird and the falcon -- Bomb alley, Death valley -- The other casualty -- The Battle for Goose Green -- A Bay too far -- Advance on Stanley -- Surrender --Maps: Falklands Islands -- The Battle for Government House -- South Georgia -- Stanley, East Falklands -- Super Etendard, Exocet -- HMS Sheffield -- British Landings at San Carlos -- A4P Skyhawk, Mirage IIIA -- Sea Harrier -- Battle Plan for Goose Green -- Disaster at Bluff Cove -- THe British Advance on Stanley -- South Atlantic. ; G/G.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: War in the Falklands : the full story. [Surrender; The yawning gap; The rights and wrongs of history; The long road to war; Argentina's General Patton; My job is war; A most ungentlemanly act; Task Force South; The battle for peace; Enter Al Haig; The Empire strikes back; Operation Blackbuck; Death of the Belgrano; A final chance for peace; D-Day; The blackbird and the falcon; Bomb alley, Death valley; The other casualty; The Battle for Goose Green; A Bay too far; Advance on Stanley]
• Publisher: New York ; Cambridge ; Philadelphia ; San francisco ; London : Mexico City ; Sao Paolo ; Sydney : Harper & Row, 1982
• Publication Date: 1982
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0060150823
• ISBN 13: 9780060150822
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good
• Book Type: Book

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Synopsis

Details the war between Argentina and Britain over the Falkland Islands and discusses the political, diplomatic, and strategic aspects of the conflict