The Falklands Crisis: The Rights and the Wrongs

by Peter Calvert

Overview

The purpose of this book is to give an accurate and scholarly assessment of a major international crisis, and to contribute to public understanding of the decisions and processes that brought about the crisis. Calvert deals with the nature and history of the Falkland Islands, the grounds for the competing claims, the political background and events in both Argentina and Britain that led up to the crisis, and the unfolding events of the crisis itself, in its political, diplomatic and military aspects. He concludes with a substantial assessment of the impact of the crisis on international politics.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781474291149
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	10/06/2016
Series:	History and Politics in the 20th Century: Bloomsbury Academic
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Peter Calvert was Professor Emeritus of Comparative and International Politics at the University of Southampton, UK.

Table of Contents

1. 'An Island Thrown Aside From Human Use'
2. Argentina – the Decision to Invade
3. Britain – the Decision to Respond
4. Negotiating From Strength
5. Negotiating the Non-Negotiable
6. Consequences of a Crisis
Appendix: Security Council Resolution 502
Notes
Index