Sovereignty in Dispute: The Falklands/Malvinas, 1493-1982

ISBN-13: 9780367288105 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 194 str.

Fritz L. Hoffmann; Olga M. Hoffmann

Opis

This study centers on the history of the dispute over the Falkland Islands (Las Islas Malvinas), a remote, windswept archipelago in the far reaches of the South Atlantic off the coast of Argentina.

Spis treści

1 Introduction, 2 Who Discovered the Islands? 3 The Falklands Come of Age 5 Britain Strengthens Its Hold on the Islands 6 The Pot Begins to Boil 7 The Falklands/Malvinas Question in the United Nations 8 Britain and Argentina Try Bilateral Negotiation 9 Negotiations Become More Difficult 10 Margaret Thatcher Takes Over 11 The Falklands Break into World Headlines 12 Epilogue: An Evaluation

O autorze

Fritz L. Hoffmann is professor emeritus, University of Colorado, Boulder, where he taught Latin American history from 1937 to 1975. Olga Mingo Hoffmann has taught Spanish language and literature and Latin American history.