The Battle for the Falklands

by Max Hastings, Simon Jenkins

Overview

"Must be read by all our military people and anyone who wants to find out what really happened on the Falkland Islands." —James M. Gavin

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780393301984
Publisher:	Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
Publication date:	09/17/1984
Pages:	422
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.20(h) x 1.30(d)

About the Author

Max Hastings is the author of more than thirty books, including Inferno and The Secret War. Knighted in 2002 and a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, he served as editor-in-chief of the Daily Telegraph, then editor of the Evening Standard. He lives in West Berkshire, England.

Simon Jenkins is the political editor of the Economist.

Table of Contents

	Foreword	vii
1	Forgotten Islands	1
2	The Seventeen Years' War	15
3	Galtieri's Gamble	45
4	The Admiral's Hour	61
5	Task Force	72
6	Haig's Doves	98
7	Ascension to South Georgia	114
8	Failure of a Mission	135
9	A War at Sea	143
10	Clearing the Decks	164
11	Operation Sutton	176
12	San Carlos	200
13	Goose Green	233
14	The Politics of the Land War	254
15	Triumph on Kent, Tragedy at Fitzroy	262
16	The Battle for the Mountains	285
17	Aftermath	315
	Chronology of Military and Political Events	341
	Glossary	344
Appendix A	The Falkland Islands Task Force	346
Appendix B	The Falklands Honours List	35
Appendix C	The Franks Report	361
	Index	373
	List of Maps
	The Falkland Islands
	The Task Force Sails	95
	The Total Maritime Exclusion Zones	143
	The Landing at Port San Carlos	201
	The Two-Pronged Attack towards Port Stanley	201
	The Battle for Goose Green	234
	The Battle for Stanley	302

Editorial Reviews

"Authoritative and very readable."

Newsweek

"Stirring, impressively detailed."

Time

"Will probably endure as the standard history of the campaign."

New York Times

Authoritative and very readable.-- "Newsweek"

Stirring, impressively detailed.-- "Time"

Will probably endure as the standard history of the campaign.-- "New York Times"

From the Publisher

"Stirring, impressively detailed."

Time