By San Carlos Water
Neal Ascherson, 18 November 1982
Authors take sides on the Falklands
edited by Cecil Woolf and Jean Moorcroft Wilson.
Cecil Woolf, 144 pp., £4.95, August 1982,0 900821 63 9 Show More
edited by Cecil Woolf and Jean Moorcroft Wilson.
Cecil Woolf, 144 pp., £4.95, August 1982,
The Falklands War: The Full Story
by the Sunday Times ‘Insight’ Team.
Deutsch and Sphere, 276 pp., £2.50, October 1982,0 233 97515 2 Show More
by the Sunday Times ‘Insight’ Team.
Deutsch and Sphere, 276 pp., £2.50, October 1982,
The Winter War: The Falklands
by Patrick Bishop and John Witherow.
Quartet, 153 pp., £2.95, September 1982,0 7043 3424 0 Show More
by Patrick Bishop and John Witherow.
Quartet, 153 pp., £2.95, September 1982,
Iron Britannia: Why Parliament waged its Falklands war
by Anthony Barnett.
Allison and Busby, 160 pp., £2.95, November 1982,0 85031 494 1 Show More
by Anthony Barnett.
Allison and Busby, 160 pp., £2.95, November 1982,
Falklands/Malvinas: Whose Crisis?
by Martin Honeywell.
Latin American Bureau, 135 pp., £1.95, September 1982,0 906156 15 7 Show More
by Martin Honeywell.
Latin American Bureau, 135 pp., £1.95, September 1982,
A Message from the Falklands: The Life and Gallant Death of David Tinker, Lieut RN
compiled by Hugh Tinker.
Junction, 224 pp., £3.50, November 1982,0 86245 102 7 Show More
compiled by Hugh Tinker.
Junction, 224 pp., £3.50, November 1982,
“... When they heard that Britain was sending troops to recover the Falklands, many in this country were inclined to laugh. Some farcical anti-climax was expected – Anguilla on a wider stage, with penguins. Events which soon followed, ending with Mrs Thatcher taking the salute at a victory parade, have made it hard to remember why it all at first seemed so comic ... ”
