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Fight for Falklands freedom : reporting live from Argentina and the islands / Harold Briley.
LIBRA F3031.5 .B75 2022
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Briley, Harold, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Falkland Islands War, 1982--Press coverage.
- Falkland Islands War, 1982.
- Journalists--Great Britain.
- Journalists.
- Journalists--Argentina--Buenos Aires.
- Press coverage.
- Briley, Harold.
- Argentina--Buenos Aires.
- Great Britain.
- Physical Description:
- 255 pages: illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Stroud : History Press, 2022.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: SECTION ONE PATH TO WAR
- 1. Dateline Buenos Aires
- 2. Argentina in Meltdown
- 3. Downcast Defence Secretary, Upbeat Admiral
- 4. Argentina's 1983 Deadline
- 5. Countdown to Conflict
- 6. Secret Argentine Landings, UK Arms Sales
- 7. Duplicitous Diplomacy, Deliberate Deceit
- 8. Islanders Rebuff Unrepentant Minister
- 9. Invasion Speculation Rife
- 10. Falklands Calm, Argentine Mayhem
- 11. New Junta Updates Invasion Plan
- SECTION TWO WAR AT SEA, IN THE AIR, ON LAND
- 12. South Georgia Ignites Invasion Fuse
- 13. Diplomacy Fails to Avert War
- 14. Falklands War a Mistake
- 15. Belgrano Sunk, Heavy Loss of Life
- 16. Enter Exocet, Exit HMS Sheffield
- 17. Epic Long-Range Bomber Raids
- 18. British Back on Falklands
- 19. Warships Blasted in `Bomb Alley'
- 20. Battle of Goose Green, Death of a Hero
- 21. Goose Green: Crucial Turning Point
- 22. Troopships Bombed, Many Casualties
- 23. Mountain Strongholds Fall, Sudden Surrender
- 24. The Red and Green Life Machine
- 25. Islanders at War
- 26. Imprisoned in Community Halls
- 27. Islanders Fight Back
- 28. Going Home
- 29. Chile Invasion Averted
- 30. Who was to Blame for Falklands Conflict?
- 31. Invasion Warnings Ignored
- SECTION THREE THE MEDIA AND THE WAR OF WORDS
- 32. Riveting Radio Commentary
- 33. Challenge to Media
- 34. Propaganda Failures
- 35. BBC's Unique Role
- 36. Meeting the Islanders
- SECTION FOUR 1982-2022 RECOVERY AND AFTERMATH
- 37. Fortress Falklands - or is it?
- 38. Oil in Troubled Waters
- 39. The Modern Falklands
- 40. New Generation in Key Roles
- 41. The Modern Argentina
- 42. Anglo-Argentine Dilemmas
- 43. Supping with the Devil
- 44. The Disappeared Who Won't Go Away
- SECTION FIVE EARLY HISTORY, ORIGINS OF DISPUTE
- 45. Discovery and Settlement
- 46. Bygone Battles.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1924 Book Fund.
- Other Format:
- ebook version :
- ISBN:
- 0750999535
- 9780750999533
- OCLC:
- 1281652644
- Publisher Number:
- 99991092690
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