- Hardcover: 208 pages
- Publisher: Ian Allan Publishing (Jan 29 2010)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1857801261
- ISBN-13: 978-1857801262
- Product Dimensions: 28.4 x 20.8 x 2.5 cm
- Shipping Weight: 1.1 Kg
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#115,647 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #11 in Books > History > Americas > South America > Argentina
- #22 in Books > History > Australia & Oceania > New Zealand
- #33 in Books > History > Australia & Oceania > Australia
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Book Description
This is the first serious in-depth analysis of the role of air power in the Falklands conflict. A number of instant books were published in the 1980s soon after the events in the South Atlantic bases had occurred; it is now time for a more reflective and analytical work.
The book is a comprehensive history of the role of British and Argentinean air power in the conflict. The narrative is enhanced with extracts from interviews with personnel involved. Many of the book's illustrations, from the collections of participants rather than official sources, are published here for the first time.
Details of individual aircraft and ships are given with and a detailed chronology of the course of the conflict. The book, written by a respected military writer and researcher who is Head Librarian at the Joint Services Command and Staff College at Shrivenham, sets out to position the war in a historical perspective, and to draw conclusions and lessons from the campaign which are applicable today.
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The definitive work on a forgotten war, Aug 4 2009
By Juan Carlos Castilla "Tommy" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: FALKLANDS AIR WAR (Hardcover)
A day by day detailed account of this largely forgotten conflict. One thing that I found quite interesting of this book is that it has a 360° degree vision of the War, with both Argentinian and British accounts of the conflict.For anyone interested in modern air warfare this will be a very welcome addition.
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Very good book on the subject, Oct 3 2008
By Efim Sandler "fimych" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: FALKLANDS AIR WAR (Hardcover)
Falklands war, 1982, between Argentina and Britain, has been and remains a fascinating subject for modern aviation warfare enthusiast. The campaign that captures the imagination by the challenges taken by British task force and Argentinean counter effort focused on preventing the landing. During a very short period of engagement (1st May - 14 June)over a small piece of land, many air battles were fought, resulting in dozens of aircraft shot down, several ships sank, many 'first time' and 'record breaking' events. Not surprisingly, the first books began to appear back in 1983, shortly after the end of hostilities. Since then, several books became available, accompanied by many more articles in very respectable aviation publications - Air Enthusiast - to name one.This book, up till now, is the best one available on the subject.
General: the quality of the book is great; I personally like album format books, so this one fits my library perfectly. With many color and b/w photos, some - rarely seen in publications on the topic, the book gives a good and easy reading.
The book is divided into 2 main sections - War Chronology and Assessment.
War Chronology - taking coverage of historical background, pre war, invasion, shooting war and post war operations. The information is presented in day by day chronology of events. All the events are connected to the people, particular aircrafts and ships. The data is given from both sides - British and Argentinean.
Assessments - data on aircraft types, weapons and their roles are covered together with individual aircrafts and ships.
The book is not an encyclopedia of Falklands campaign - it lacks some features available in other sources, but a well done research and comprehensive coverage of the conflict from historic perspective. One would wish more details on the Argentinean side, pilot stories, ship attack profiles and aerial engagement diagrams. It will be great if we could see the people that made the history from both sides - pilots.
This book will be a great complementary to any aviation enthusiast, interested in modern aviation warfare and history. Although, it would be more fair to give this book 4.5 but I give it 5, as I liked it very much.
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