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Book SynopsisTrade Review"The Falklands fracas ... deserves [to be recorded as a] military-diplomatic history, replete with maps, lists of dramatis personae, and endless footnotes. Happily two noted military analysts, Britain's Lawrence Freedman and Argentina's Virginia Gamba-Stonehouse ... have conspired to produce one."--The Washington Times
Table of Contents*FrontMatter, pg. i*CONTENTS, pg. vii*ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, pg. ix*NOTE, pg. xi*DRAMATIS PERSONALE, pg. xiii*MAPS, pg. xxi*INTRODUCTION, pg. xxxi*Chapter One: Argentine Frustration, pg. 3*Chapter Two: British Apprehension, pg. 14*Chapter Three: Deadlock Again, pg. 23*Chapter Four: Davidotrs Visits, pg. 39*Chapter Five: Crisis over South Georgia, pg. 49*Chapter Six: The Decision to Invade, pg. 65*Chapter Seven: Diplomatic Endgame, pg. 84*Chapter Eight: Operation Rosario, pg. 103*Chapter Nine: The Response, pg. 121*Chapter Ten: Resolution 502, pg. 134*Chapter Eleven: Occupation, pg. 142*Chapter Twelve: Allies, Friends and Mediators, pg. 150*Chapter Thirteen: Haig's Shuttle: Round One, pg. 165*Chapter Fourteen: Haig's Shuttle: Round Two, pg. 189*Chapter Fifteen: Haig's Shuttle Concludes, pg. 218*Chapter Sixteen: The Sinking of the Belgrano, pg. 247*Chapter Seventeen: The Peruvian Initiative, pg. 272*Chapter Eighteen: UN Mediation, pg. 292*Chapter Nineteen: Build-up to San Carlos, pg. 323*Chapter Twenty: Final Diplomacy, pg. 342*Chapter Twenty-One: The Bridgehead and Beyond, pg. 357*Chapter Twenty-Two: The Battle for Stanley, pg. 377*Chapter Twenty-Three: Surrender, pg. 400*Conclusion, pg. 413*Order of Battle, pg. 418*Notes, pg. 423*Bibliography, pg. 452*Index, pg. 463
