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The Argentine fight for the Falklands / Martin Middlebrook.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Middlebrook, Martin, author.
- Series:
- Pen & Sword military classics (Series) The Argentine fight for the Falklands
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Falkland Islands War, 1982--Campaigns.
- Falkland Islands War, 1982.
- Argentina--Armed Forces--History--Falkland Islands War, 1982.
- Argentina.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (352 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- South Yorkshire, England : Pen & Sword Military, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Martin Middlebrook is the only British historian to have been granted open access to the Argentines who planned and fought the Falklands War. It ranks with Liddell Hart's The Other Side of the Hill in analyzing and understanding the military thinking and strategies of Britain's sometime enemy, and is essential reading for all who wish to understand the workings of military minds.The author has managed to avoid becoming involved in the issue of sovereignty and concentrates entirely upon the military story. He has produced a genuine 'first' with this balanced and unique work. Among the men he me
- Contents:
- Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Photographs ; List of Maps ; Introduction ; 1 The Year of the Malvinas ; 2 Crisis in South Georgia ; 3 The First Steps to War ; 4 Operation Blue ; 5 The British Are Coming ; 6 Distant Action ; 7 First of May ; 8 Task Force 79 ; 9 The Belgrano ; 10 The Vigil ; 11 D-Day and 'Death Valley' ; 12 The Battle of Goose Green ; 13 The 'Invincible Attack' and Other Action ; 14 The Bombing of the Sir Galahad ; 15 The Defenders of Stanley ; 16 The Battle of Stanley - I ; 17 The Battle of Stanley - II ; 18 The End ; 19 The Reckoning
- Appendix: Order of Battle of Argentine Units Acknowledgements ; Bibliography ; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed December 17, 2014).
- ISBN:
- 9781783032006
- 1783032006
- 9781783032020
- 1783032022
- OCLC:
- 854974995
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