Official History of the Falklands Campaign : The Origins of the Falklands Con...

by Lawrence Freedman

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Official History of the Falklands Campaign : The Origins of the Falklands Conflict, Hardcover by Freedman, Lawrence, ISBN 0714652067, ISBN-13 9780714652061, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US Freedman (war studies, King's College London) provides an objective and balanced account of the complex series of events and situations that lead to the Falkland campaign. Working from extensive archival and classified material and interviews with principal actors, he describes the growing awareness of the British government that an illegal landing on the shore of South Georgia was to become a major military crisis. He describes the origins of the dispute, including the concept of self-determination that figured so prominently, the lack of consistent appeasement in negotiations, the efforts to go beyond stalemate and the beginning of condominium, the record of miscommunications up to the Shackleton report, the disturbing events on South Thule, the islanders' reactions, and throughout, the apparent intention of Argentina to force a crisis. Freedman's account ends with an assessment of the quality of hindsight and the lessons learned about crisis management at the inception of the campaign. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR ()

• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
• Year: 2005
• Binding: Hardcover
• ISBN: 9780714652061
• Condition: Fine

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