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Land That Lost Its Heroes: How Argentina Lost the Falklands War
Jimmy Burns
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Description for Land That Lost Its Heroes: How Argentina Lost the Falklands War
Paperback. Essential title for the 30th anniversary of the Falklands War on April 2, 2012 Num Pages: 576 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; 1MTASF; HBJK; HBLW3; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 37. Weight in Grams: 390. How Argentina Lost the Falklands War. 576 pages, maps. Essential title for the 30th anniversary of the Falklands War on April 2, 2012. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KLSA; 1MTASF; HBJK; HBLW3; JWL. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 37. Weight: 390.
'A required book for anyone who wishes to understand the Argentine situation before and after the Falklands War' Graham Greene 'Full of insights about the extraordinary story of Argentina under Galtieri and Alfonsin' Max Hastings __________________ Jimmy Burns was the only full-time British foreign correspondent to remain in Argentina covering the Falklands War. In The Land that Lost Its Heroes, he gives a detailed account of the military planning of the invasion, exposing not only the hidden motives and nature of Argentina's military regime, but also the pitifully inadequate reactions of both British diplomacy and intelligence. Burns ... Read more
'A required book for anyone who wishes to understand the Argentine situation before and after the Falklands War' Graham Greene 'Full of insights about the extraordinary story of Argentina under Galtieri and Alfonsin' Max Hastings __________________ Jimmy Burns was the only full-time British foreign correspondent to remain in Argentina covering the Falklands War. In The Land that Lost Its Heroes, he gives a detailed account of the military planning of the invasion, exposing not only the hidden motives and nature of Argentina's military regime, but also the pitifully inadequate reactions of both British diplomacy and intelligence. Burns ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
576
Condition
New
Number of Pages
584
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781408834404
SKU
V9781408834404
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Ref
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About Jimmy Burns
Jimmy Burns is social affairs and employment correspondent at the Financial Times. His other books are Beyond the Silver River; Spain: A Literary Companion; the internationally acclaimed Hand of God: The Life of Diego Maradona; and Barca: A People's Passion.
Reviews for Land That Lost Its Heroes: How Argentina Lost the Falklands War
Full of insights about the extraordinary story of Argentina under Galtieri and Alfonsin
Max Hastings
An excellent study of the crisis
Robert Harris, Observer
Exceptionally well written and well presented
Sunday Times
A beautifully written and well-researched book, competently annotated and documented, which is special on several counts. His is a first-hand and authoratative ... Read more
Max Hastings
An excellent study of the crisis
Robert Harris, Observer
Exceptionally well written and well presented
Sunday Times
A beautifully written and well-researched book, competently annotated and documented, which is special on several counts. His is a first-hand and authoratative ... Read more