Falklands War

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It was the last conventional military campaign of the 20th century in which British troops in defence of UK territory, against one of the world’s bloodiest dictatorships. But still the Middlebrook touch is undeniable and if you only want to read one book on the conflict, you are well served by this volume.

Gamerro's novel is not straightforwardly realist: as if the role of the Falklands/Malvinas is too bizarre to be captured by anything but a fantastical, surrealist, genre-bending style. And then suddenly we lost the war, quite surprisingly since we had been winning it until that very moment.In total, 649 Argentine military personnel, 255 British military personnel, and three Falkland Islanders died during the hostilities. An interesting account of NP 8901 who did so much at the start, and were there to finish the job off at the end. The last word surely has to go to Simon Weston - don't bother with his more recent day-by-day account of the war, but read Walking Tall.

Then the soldiers started coming back, and almost immediately books of testimonies were being published. This is the book the late Graham Greene managed to read in manuscript form on his way to Moscow to visit his old friend Kim Philby.I think this book can be recommended when you want to get an overview of this very unlikely conflict, thousands of miles from the UK, to next dive into it more detailed using other books. It is a story like Rorke's Drift and some chapters had me on the edge of my seat, even when I knew a good deal about the outcome.

It's well written, full of suspense (although - spoiler-warning - you may already know that the Brits won) and gives the lie to the idea that it was anything other than a close-run thing.This thoughtful and timely book will be read with interest by those wanting to understand the Falklands War and the legacies of Empire in Britain. In possession of unseen Argentinian photographs, he is in a unique position to offer an important new perspective on the conflict. The writing is engaging and the technical aspects seem well described to me, but I do have some concerns. The First Casualty – The Untold Story of the Falklands War” was the first book to incorporate all three sides of the Falklands conflict, to include the British and Argentine veterans of the war and the Falkland Islanders themselves in the first ever three-sided, first-person narrative history ever produced.

In conveying the experiences of the conscripted Argentinian troops, he said: "What they went through was so bizarre and incredible I didn't think any fantasy was needed. If this is the first time you use this feature, you will be asked to authorise Cambridge Core to connect with your account. Generally, this book does a good job of informing the professional and amateur war historians as to the particulars of the war.Eminently readable (I finished it in two sittings) and compelling, Bramley’s story resonated with a number of former servicemen who fought in the Falklands War and was later complimented by similar books from James O’Connell (3 Para) and Tony Banks (2 Para) in their own personal accounts. Few, if any, of the public knew that informed military opinion in the United States regarded the Falklands operation as "Mission Impossible". The average age of the 199 men on board the HMS Ardent was 23 in May 1982 when she made a midnight run into Falkland Sound, ahead of the British amphibious group.