- Hardcover: 624 pages
- Publisher: After the Battle; First Edition edition (Mar 30 2009)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1870067711
- ISBN-13: 978-1870067713
- Product Dimensions: 29.8 x 21.8 x 5 cm
- Shipping Weight: 2.8 Kg
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#565,360 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #73 in Books > History > Americas > South America > Argentina
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Product Description
In 1982, Argentina rashly gambled that a full-scale invasion of the Falklands Islands - ownership of which had been disputed with Great Britain for over a century - would put an end to years of political wrangling. However Britain's response was to immediately dispatch a task force to recover the islands by force if necessary. The 'conflict' which followed (a formal declaration of war was never given) lasted ten weeks from Argentine invasion to British liberation, the white heat of battle using 20th century technology contrasting with bitter hand-to-hand bayonet fighting in inhospitable conditions. This title features eyewitness accounts by the participants of both sides and islanders that leave us in no doubt as to the ferocity of the combat on land, sea and in the air. Its comparison photography in colour of all the battlefields, the crash sites of the aircraft shot down, the relics and the remains, together with portraits of those who lost their lives and the battlefield memorials, serve as a graphic testimony to their endeavours, 25 years after the battle. "A Roll of Honour" lists the casualties of both sides and, for the first time, the graves of all the British fallen - both on the islands and the United Kingdom - have been visited and photographed as a lasting record of all those who made the supreme sacrifice I what is most probably Britain's last colonial war.
About the Author
Born in 1965 Gordon Ramsey is of a similar age to many of the servicemen who fought in Operation Corporate. Having watched Ian McDonald, the MoD's official spokesman, give his nightly press releases on TV and spoken to several veterans upon their return, Gordon has retained a special interest in this conflict throughout his career in publishing First and Second World War history. For over 30 years, Gordon has also avidly collected battlefield relics, medals and other military ephemera connected with After the Battle publications but his thoughts always came back to 1982 and wondering what still remained on the Falkland Islands. Amassing and devouring all the books written by veterans only increased that interest and this book is his answer. Married with two children, he lives and works near Harlow in Essex.
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A must for any expert in "The Falklands War", May 28 2010
By Ramiro Jose Hevia Falu - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: The Falklands War Then and Now (Hardcover)
I have read a lot of books about the Falklands war, many of them of real good quality, but also some of them being poorly precise in describing the events of all the battles.What we (war history readers) like to have in a book that describes a battle is, not only nice reading material, that must be very precise, but also nice maps and/or pictures of the terrain were the battles took place, we all love to kind of transport ourselfs to the terrain and figure really out how the events were going on at that moment, and this book is very complete, has many pictures, maps, and a nice writing, and of course it is a book of extreme good quality.
I think it is a must for any reader of the falklands war.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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Falkland Island War 1982, Dec 8 2010
By K. Schneider - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: The Falklands War Then and Now (Hardcover)
Excellent, Excellent,Excellent.This is one of those have to have books from cover to cover. This book is large book chock full of photo's and written with passion by Mr Ramsey who has turned out many other great books on the Channel Islands, Arnhem (which I own).
With out giving it away the author covers everything needed to understand the battles and history.
Price is high but well worth it.
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This is an absolutely brillant book, July 7 2009
By Gerard Little "Gerry" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Falklands War Then and Now (Hardcover)
This is an amazing book the amount of research done is staggering, each picture of then and now is accompanied by interviews of the veterans from the British and Argentinian armed forces giving a balanced view of what it was like for the men on both side who were actually there.
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