Book Description
This is the first serious in-depth analysis of the role of air power in the Falklands conflict. A number of instant books were published in the 1980s soon after the events in the South Atlantic bases had occurred; it is now time for a more reflective and analytical work.
The book is a comprehensive history of the role of British and Argentinean air power in the conflict. The narrative is enhanced with extracts from interviews with personnel involved. Many of the book's illustrations, from the collections of participants rather than official sources, are published here for the first time.
Details of individual aircraft and ships are given with and a detailed chronology of the course of the conflict. The book, written by a respected military writer and researcher who is Head Librarian at the Joint Services Command and Staff College at Shrivenham, sets out to position the war in a historical perspective, and to draw conclusions and lessons from the campaign which are applicable today.
