Exocets ... symbol of success in technological advancement in
modern warfare ... and an utter failure in human factor. These
missiles were the only wild card the Argentitians had to throw
in the face of the British, and they were running short.

Hence, when the British Intel received a tip-off of Argentitians
trying to purchase Exocets in France, they activated their best
woman, Gabrielle Legrand, on the case to counter the Argentician
ace pilot Montera who was despatched to verify the missiles.

Against the background of the intrigue, the Soviets were playing
their own game, awaiting to score a coup of their own and leave eggs on everyone elses' faces.

this book was not as good as his other works. I did like the ending. This is not a superb work, but an above average work.

If you want to know every detail about diplomatic efforts and negotiations surrounding Las Malvinas (Falkland Islands) conflict, this is the right book. But if you are a hard core military history reader, this is not the book for you. The narrative doesn't have the magic to make you feel like you were there. It doesn't trigger the movie in your mind. There are no personal accounts of the soldiers who took part in the action. How they felt, what they saw and what they did. It doesn't have the details of the offensive and defensive actions for the battles. If you have read the books of Stephen E. Ambrose, you will understand what I'm talking about.

This book tells the history of the Malvinas Battle of 1982 between Argentina and Great Britain. The tale of what happened in Buenos Aires, London, Washington and New York as the conflict unfolded is very interesting. Must be read by anyone who wants to have a clear understanding of the Battle and of the political motives behind the actors (Argentina's military junta, Margaret Thatcher's Conservative government and the Reagan Administration).

A glaring gap exists in the historical coverage of the Falklands War. That gap is due to the British monopoly in the writing of this war's history. The reader picks up Moro's book hoping and expecting to find a welcome new perspective, that of Argentina. The hopeful reader is destined to be disappointed, as the book is beset by severe deficiencies that render its value as negligible. The major flaw of this work is its credibility. The accounts presented are an obvious mixture of fact and fantasy that result in even the accurate narrations being cast in doubt. Wild claims of the aircraft carrier HMS Invincible being bombed and severely damaged are a good example, as are claims for British aircraft downed in fantastic numbers. Argentine forces are portrayed as heroic and effective to the extent that the uninformed is liable to believe that Argentina won the war. The reader is left frustrated, as it seems that the British accounts must be tainted with a lack of objectivity on occasion. Ruben Moro, however, does little but thicken the fog of uncertainty. Another disturbing flaw is the style in which the book is written. It is devoid of any objective and academic character, and is consumed by emotive and partisan rhetoric. At times the reader is impressed that he is reading an official history of the Galtieri Junta, published by the Ministry of Information of the time. History is yet to be graced by a serious and dependable Argentinian perspective of this war.

The whole world knows that if it werent because of the type of bombs Argies were using, more than a half, or maybe more of the fleet itself would be in the bottom of the sea right now...
This book tells the real story, the truth about what happened in this war. Argentine forces are not meant to be shown as heroic by Comodoro O. Moro, but they REALLY ARE... why? i'll tell u some facts that make this people really heroic, even if they lost the war: while argentine air force planes faced a highly sofisticated british technology, in land, beside their cannons, argentine anti air artillery made disasters on enemy harriers which were afraid and couldn't destroy, Port Stanley runway of 1,250mts of lenght, while argie fighters/bombers were tired of hitting british frigates of only 120mts lenght. AND THAT IS THE ONLY TRUTH THAT NO ONE CAN DENY.
About the Invincible, i talked with one of the pilots that attacked the ship, and i can affirm that: THE INVINCIBLE WAS ATTACKED because: a turbine was sent from england 2 replace in that aircraft carrier, because it entered port stanley docks by the end of august and it arrived to england on 17th september 1982, because in its external repairs you could see the new paint, because there is a pic of a runway with a bomb impact, because after its arrival to portsmouth it entered in dry docks 2 be repaired on the inside, because it was about 2 be sold 2 australia and they offered the hermes in replace of the invincible.
The book express what the people who fought in that war saw with its own eyes, and u can buy it 2 prove that i'm not wrong and then compare with other british books that lie with their numbers
Give it a try and then make a review from it.
You wont be dissapointed

Barker's account of the naval side of the Falkland's War is fascinating reading, but more so is the telling of the backstairs campaign to save HMS Endurance.

Barker, captain of Endurance in the build-up to and during the Falklands War, tells how military cutbacks led to the proposal that the ship be withdrawn from the South Atlantic and how that decision contributed to the Argintine invasion.

Barker's campaign to save his ship brought the severe displeasure of Whitehall onto his head; displeasure in no way decreased when he was eventually proved right. He pulls no puches in laying out the mistakes made during the war and in his criticism of the war that Endurance and her drew were treated during and after it.

What this book does, it does reasonably well. What it doesn't do lowers it to 3 stars. There is very little background information, virtually no information about the Argentine forces (save what they do in response to the British forces), and little on the root causes of steps that led Argentina to sieze the islands.

What it reads like is more of a blw-by-blow account (from a British point of view) of the battle to expel the Argentine forces from the islands. It is easy to read, and the limited geographical scope of the war allowed the reader to follow the steps with a limited number of maps.

A little more analysis would also have been nice - a comparison between the hardware of the 2 sides, the tactics, and maybe some comments about the state of mind of the islanders would have helped flesh out the narrative.

LP guides are usually complete and thorough. so why is the section on buenos aires in this one so carelesly researched? is it because LP wants us to buy their book on buenos aires or because their researchers didn't visit the city at all? i've been to buenos aires countless times. reading the LP guide, one would think that it is just a hamlet not worth wasting your time on. buenos aires is one of the most exciting and mysterious places in the world; a european outpost in south america, full of chic decadence and a lot more than just beef and tango. entire districts are overlooked by the guide, descriptions are misleading or incomplete and uninviting at best. one wonders why. if you're looking for a guide to buenos aires, buy yourself a plane ticket and a map. once in the city, meet the locals. this is one city you need to explore and understand rather than just see. as jorge luis borges once said: ''it would seem that buenos aires has existed forever.''

It's true, this book is not the best LP has to offer, with somewhat pedantic, bone-dry descriptions and overly-detailed town histories your average traveler could care less about. It still offers your basic traveler's information, though, and you won't miss much with this complete tome in your hot little hands.
A promise, however: the next edition will arrive spicier and cutting-edge fresh, with beefed up entertainment sections and wittier town introductions to boot. It will also be more fun to read (same goes for the Buenos Aires guide). I personally guarantee it.

Used this guide for all three countries - Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay. The information for the latter two countries was the most detailed and reliable (maybe because things don't change there as fast as they do in B.A.). It was especially good for hotels/restaurants in Montevideo; the region around Igauzu Falls (including Foz de Iguacu and Ciudad del Este); and Bariloche. Travellers going exclusively to Buenos Aires might want to get a more cosmopolitan book (it is impossible to distinguish good hotels from bad, good cultural events, etc. using this book). The whole lonelyplanet shoestring/adventure "feel" doesn't mesh well with a city as culturally rich & refined as Buenos Aires.

After terrible disappointment and mind-bending boredom inflicted by the author's "Falkland Islands Shores", I promptly committed an admittedly irrational act and returned for more.

Yes, this author is a skilled raconteur, but one can't escape the feeling that he has been dining out on these well-honed anecdotes for years and years. The last half of the book is devoted to the 1982 Falklands War, with every conceivable pat upon his own camo-clad back, but did we really need to know the details of his vasectomy? Does his having roundly dissed his commander, aka Colonel Strawberry, portray a disciplined and loyal officer? And why on earth would we want to know that he got tanked on Black Velvets at the Guinness tent at Cowes?

This book reverberates to the overwhelming refrain of "I-I-I-I, me-me-me-me". Pass up this narcissistic paen by a Royal Marine peon. Read Nick Vaux's "Take That Hill!" instead.

There are many things to like about this colorful and delightfully personal memoir by one of the most centrally-placed participants in the Falklands Conflict. Southby-Tailyour's role in helping senior British commanders understand their battlefield and ultimately choose their land course of action was pivotal. He describes his contribution in abundant detail, going back to his pre-war posting in Stanley with his wife and children and his rocky, sometimes bitterly frustrating relations with the Falklands civil authorities, to covering how his detailed knowledge of the geography and weather later influenced wartime operational analysis. Most important, however, are the details he provides about his strangely unconventional role during the land campaign itself, specifically during the amphibious assault at Port San Carlos and the catastrophe that befell Sir Galahad and Sir Tristram in the climactic days of the Battle for Stanley. Readers from other armies will be fascinated by the esprit and courage of the British marines as well as the seemingly murky and disorganized mission analysis and situational thinking of both British sea and land commanders. The complexities of British military-political relations is richly illustrated on several levels. In all, this book is an important contribution to our understanding of the Falklands Conflict and is delightful to read thanks to the first-hand knowledge, enthusiasm and eccentricity of its author.

Hoping to capitalize on his fame as a yachtsman and on his notoriety in connection with the 1982 Falklands War, Mr. Southby-Tailyour launched this publication prematurely, and without a proper design.

It's part sketchbook, part journal, and mostly an excruciatingly detailed, incredibly boring set of sailing directions on the order of, "Go five cables west and three chains south past the third gray rock to . . . ." It's a great bed book for those who aren't served by counting sheep, warm milk, or melatonin. If you are curious, borrow it from a local library, but don't invest any money in it.

I have a hard time believing a PHD and Department Head wrote this book. I got the book out of curiosity after hearing Dr. Gibran on TV. The book was unlike any other academic book I've ever read, it would have been a joke at any other college with a real International Relations Department. The poor guy is constantly billing himself as a International Relations expert, a History Expert, a Terrorism Expert, anything he can do to get his face on TV as an "expert" commentator. Save your money, buy Dr. Seuss.

Someone gave me a paperback version of this book some years ago, and unlike other books by authors "who were there", I found it a difficult read, and often boring. However, some of the photos are OK. Typically, like the authors of other such books, Colbeck has turned to a former senior officer to provide a forward, with the obvious intention of giving weight and authenticity to the title. I'm surprised the book was thought worthy of a reprint.

There are many books covering the Falklands conflict, both general and at ground level. This is one to avoid at all costs.