The Official History of the Falklands Campaign, Volume 1: The Origins of the Falklands War

ISBN-13: 9780714652061 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 272 str.

Lawrence Freedman; Lawrence Freedman

Opis

Drawing on a vast range of previously classified government archives as well as interviews with key participants, this first volume of the official history of the Falklands Campaign is the most authoritative account of the origins of the 1982 war. In the first chapters the author analyzes the long history of the dispute between Argentina and Britain over the sovereignty of the Islands, the difficulties faced by successive governments in finding a way to reconcile the opposed interests of the Argentines and the islanders, and the constant struggle to keep the Islands viable. He subsequently gives a complete account of how what started as an apparently trivial incident over an illegal landing by scrap-metal merchants on the island of South Georgia turned into a major crisis. Thanks to his access to classified material, Lawrence Freedman has been able to produce a detailed and authoritative analysis which extends the coverage given by the Franks Committee Report of 1983. This volume is ultimately an extremely readable account of these events, charting the growing realization within the British government of the seriousness of the situation, culminating in the Argentine invasion of the Falkland Islands at the start of April 1982.

Spis treści

1. Origins of the Dispute  2. Inconsistent Appeasement  3. Communications and Condominiums  4. Mis-Communication and Non-Cooperation  5. The End of Condominium  6. Shackleton  7. Unreliable Defence  8. Reappraisal  9. Undetected Deterrence  10. Marking Time  11. Towards Lease-Back  12. The Rise of Lease-Back  13. The Fall of Lease-Back  14. Micawberism  15. No Plans  16. Alarm Bells  17. South Georgia  18. Crisis  19. Delayed Response  20. The Worst Moment  21. Conclusion: The Quality of Hindsight, Types of Trouble, Crisis Management

O autorze

Sir Lawrence Freedman is Professor of War Studies at King’s College where he is currently Vice Principal. He has written extensively on military strategy, cold war history and contemporary conflict and is a regular newspaper columnist.