International Perspectives on the Falklands Conflict

A Matter of Life and Death

Alex Danchev (Herausgeber)

Online Resource

XII, 277 Seiten

2016 | 1st ed. 1992
Palgrave Macmillan UK (Hersteller)
978-1-349-21932-2 (ISBN)

Infos

This is a collection of important new work on the Falklands Conflict by the leading authorities in the field, British and Argentine. The themes of the volume are defence and diplomacy, and the problematic relationship between them. The authors investigate aspects of the conflict from the relevance of Falklands/Malvinas past, through the diplomatic and military crisis of 1982, to shifts in public opinion in both countries. Contributors include Peter Beck, Peter Calvert, Lawrence Freedman, Virginia Gamba-Stonehouse, Guillermo Makin and Paul Rogers.

Inhalt

List of Cartoons - Acknowledgements - List of Abbreviations - Notes on the Contributors - Introduction: A Matter of Life and Death; A.Danchev - The Policy Relevance of the Falklands/Malvinas Past; P.Beck - The Argentine Malvinas Factor; P.Calvert - The Chilean Falklands Factor; F.Sanfuentes - The Role of the Falkland Lobby, 1968-1990; C.Ellerby - International and Inter-Agency Misperception in the Falklands Conflict; V.Gamba-Stonehouse - The Franks Report: a Chronicle of Unripe Time; A.Danchev - Intelligence Warning and the Occupation of the Falklands; M.Herman - The Falklands War and the Concept of Escalation; L.Freedman - The Falklands War and British Defence Policy; P.Rogers - Anglo-American Relations in the Falklands Conflict; C.Bluth - The Nature of Anglo-Argentine Diplomacy, 1980-1990; G.Makin - Public Attitudes and the Future of the Islands; F.Noguera & P.Willetts - Index

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 27.7.2016
• Reihe/Serie: St Antony's Series
• Zusatzinfo: XII, 277 p.
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Vergleichende Politikwissenschaften
• Schlagworte: conflict • Crisis • Death • Defence • Defence Policy • Diplomacy • Intelligence • Nature • perception • Public Opinion • Rogers • war • Work
• ISBN-10: 1-349-21932-0 / 1349219320
• ISBN-13: 978-1-349-21932-2 / 9781349219322
• Zustand: Neuware