The official history of the Falklands campaign. Volume I, The origins of the Falklands war /

The official history of the Falklands campaign. Volume I, The origins of the Falklands war /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Freedman, Lawrence.
Imprint:	London ; New York : Routledge, 2005.
Description:	1 online resource (234 pages) : illustrations, maps
Language:	English
Series:	Whitehall histories : government official history, 1474-8398 Government official history series.
Subject:	Falkland Islands War, 1982. Politics and government. Falkland Islands -- Politics and government. Falkland Islands.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12389370

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ISBN:	9780203507865 020350786X 9780714652061 0714652067 9781135775902 1135775907 9781135775858 1135775850 9781135775896 1135775893 9780415419123 0415419123 1280240903 9781280240904 9786610240906 6610240906 9780203507858 0203507851 0415364310 9780415364317
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-210) and index. English.
Summary:	Covering the origins of the 1982 war, this book describes the long history of the dispute between Argentina and Britain over the sovereignty of the islands, and the difficulties faced by governments in finding a way to reconcile the dispute.
Other form:	9780714652061 9780415419123 0714652067 0415364310

Table of Contents:

1. Origins of the dispute
2. Inconsistent appeasement
3. Communications and condominiums
4. Mis-communication and non-cooperation
5. Shackleton
6. Unreliable defence
7. Reappraisal
8. Undetected deterrence
9. Marking time
10. Towards lease-back
11. The rise of lease-back
12. The fall of lease-back
13. Micawberism
14. No plans
15. Alarm bells
16. South Georgia
17. Crisis
18. Delayed response
19. The worst moment
20. Conclusion.