The Falklands/Malvinas Conflict

ISBN-13: 9781032516059 / Twarda / 2023 / 134 str.

Opis

Taking place in 1982, a major event in both post-colonial history and the final phase of the Cold War, as well as a cultural touchstone for two different countries, the Falklands/Malvinas Conflict is one of the most important events of the last two decades of the twentieth century.

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Contents

 

Authors’ Biographies

 

Dedications

 

List of Figures

 

Introduction

 

Chapter One:

Joint amphibious and land force's support operations

Commodore Michael Clapp CB and Major General J H A Thompson CB OBE

Chapter Two:

 

Media and Cultural Influences During the United States’ ‘Shuttle Diplomacy’

 

Dr. Louise A. Clare

 

Chapter Three:

 

2 PARA at War — A Perspective

 

The Reverend Lieutenant- Colonel David Cooper MiD (Padre), Colonel John Crosland CBE MC (OC B Coy), Major General Dair Farrar-Hockley MC (OC A Coy) and Lieutenant-Colonel Philip Neame MBE (OC D Coy)

 

Chapter Four:

 

British in stock and tradition: The media representation of the Falkland Islanders

 

Dr. Andrea Bellot

 

Chapter Five:

 

The Argentine hospital ships in the Malvinas/Falklands War

Dr. Alfredo Lo Balbo

 

Chapter Six:

 

Commemorating HMS Coventry: Recalling the Falklands and Reviving the British War Film in Sea of Fire (2007)

 

Professor Jonathan Rayner

 

Chapter Seven:

 

A review of Argentina’s War          

 

Francisco Cancio

 

Index

O autorze

Louise A. Clare is based at The University of Manchester in the School of Arts, Languages and Cultures, where she completed her PhD in History and where she is now a Lecturer in Modern British History, receiving the University’s Eileen Raby Outstanding Teaching Award and Advance HE’s Senior Fellowship.