The Battle for the Falklands

"Must be read by all our military people and anyone who wants to find out what really happened on the Falkland Islands." - James M. Gavin
"The 1982 South Atlantic war was one of the strangest in British history. At the time, many Britons saw it as a tragic absurdity. Most accepted that some military response to the Argentine invasion was necessary, but necessary only after a serious breakdown in British policy and diplomacy. Any dispute that required the dispatch of 20,000 men to fight for a tiny relic of empire 8,000 miles from home was bizarre. Even in victory, the government felt obliged to examine its own performance prior to the crisis, with a commission of inquiry under Lord Franks. Its limited remit and careful exoneration of the politicians involved was and remains unconvincing."