The Falklands Conflict Twenty Years on

In June 2002, exactly twenty years after the cessation of hostilities between Britain and Argentina, many of the participants in the 'Falklands Conflict', as it became known, came together at a major international conference. This conference, held at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst and organized jointly by RMA Sandhurst and her sister institution Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, aimed to re-examine the events of spring 1982 from the perspective that only twenty intervening years can bring. The Conference mixed those who had participated in the events of spring and early summer 1982, diplomats, politicians, civil servants, soldiers, sailors and airmen, with historians, political scientists and journalists. The result was a fascinating discussion of the origins of the conflict, the political and diplomatic response to the Argentinean action as well as illuminating accounts of the military action to retake the islands, at every level of command. This edited volume brings together the various papers presented to the conference. These accounts and interpretations of the conflict shed new light on one of the most interesting and controversial episodes in recent British history.

ISBN 0415350301   Pages 320 ISBN13 9780415350303 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd   Weight (grammes) 526 Imprint Frank Cass Publishers   Published in London Format Paperback   Series title Sandhurst Conference Series, Publication date 22 Dec 2004   Height (mm) 234 Library of Congress F3031.5.F3   Width (mm) 168 DEWEY 997.11024   Spine width (mm) 19 DEWEY edition DC22   Academic level General

		Introduction : a personal view by John (Sandy) Woodward		1
1		The impact of the Falklands conflict on international affairs by Lawrence Freedman		9
2		The geopolitics of the Falklands conflict by Geoffrey Sloan		23
3		British High command during and after the Falklands campaign by Jonathon Band		30
4		The Falklands conflict as a media war by Stephen Badsey		39
5		A view from the centre by John Nott		57
6		Crisis management and the assembly of the task force by Henry Leach		64
7		An Argentinian airman in the South Atlantic by Horacio Mir Gonzalez		75
8		Force projection and the Falklands conflict by Julian Thompson		81
9		The land campaign : a company commander's perspective by J. P. Kiszely		99
10		An experience with the commando logistic regiment royal marines by I. J. Hellberg		109
11		'War cabinetry' : the political direction of the Falklands conflict by Peter Hennessy		131
12		The United Nations security resolution 502 by Francis Toase		147
13		'The empire strikes back'? : the Commonwealth response to the Falklands conflict by Edmund Yorke		170
14		War culture : the royal navy and the Falklands conflict by Alastair Finlan		193
15		The 'logistics miracle' of Ascension Island by Peter Hore		213
16		Invoking Munich, expiating Suez : British leadership, historical analogy and the Falklands crisis by Paul Latawski		226
17		The impact of the Falklands conflict on defence policy by Roger Jackling		239
18		Air power : strategic lessons from an idiosyncratic operation by Peter W. Gray		253
19		Falklands conflict 1982 - the air war : a new appraisal by Philip D. Grove		265
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