The Battle for the Falklands <\/i>is a thoughtful and informed analysis of an astonishing chapter in modern British history from journalist and military historian Sir Max Hastings and political editor Simon Jenkins.<\/b><\/p>\n
Ten weeks. 28,000 soldiers. 8,000 miles from home.<\/p>\n
The Falklands War in 1982 was one of the strangest in British history. At the time, many Britons saw it as a tragic absurdity – thousands of men sent overseas for a tiny relic of empire – but the British victory over the Argentinians not only confirmed the quality of British arms but also boosted the political fortunes of Thatcher’s Conservative government. However, it left a chequered aftermath and was later overshadowed by the two Gulf wars.<\/p>\n
Max Hastings’ and Simon Jenkins’ account of the conflict is a modern classic of war reportage and the definitive book on the conflict.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Battle for the Falklands<\/i> is a vivid chronicle of the political decision-making and military strategy during the Falklands conflict.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[75],"product_tag":[679,676,677,678,569,675],"class_list":["post-92128","product","type-product","status-publish","product_cat-history","product_tag-20th-century-history-c-1900-to-c-2000","product_tag-battles-campaigns","product_tag-british-irish-history","product_tag-history-of-other-lands","product_tag-history-of-the-americas","product_tag-military-history-post-ww2-conflicts","pa_book_author-hastings-max","pa_cover-paperback","pa_dewey-997-11024-edition23","pa_edition-new-edition","pa_imprint-pan-books","pa_language-english","pa_pages-8395","pa_publisher-pan-books","pa_readership-general-trade-code-k","first","onbackorder","taxable","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"yoast_head":"\n