The 1982 Falklands War: Argentina's Struggle for Sovereignty

john f heaton: Fascinating take from the Argentine side of the conflict. Well written and thoroughly researched. Gives a well balanced view. Super read.

United Kingdom on Mar 07, 2024

Amazon Customer.: A very good book, slightly dated now in 2023 but still very relevant today. It's always interesting to read the " other sides" point of view, highly recommend this book to anyone interested in the Falklands war of 1982.

United States on Nov 06, 2023

L. A Mantilla: The account of this little war was very good, the explanation of the air battles and the land campaign, very detail. The impact on both sides, well detailed, at least political in the case of Argentina it was a good catalyst to move themselves from military rule to a civilian rule.the aftermath of the Argentinian soldier, a sad event. Great research on the subject.

United States on Oct 18, 2023

Tycho: Surprisingly good. Presents Argentine side, without the politics, from perspective of British author. Depth of research may be questionable, but no reason to believe this to be too inaccurate. Always interesting to see differences in numbers presented by both sides.

United States on Apr 25, 2021

Jorge Schumacher: O autor agora narra a guerra pelo ponto de vista dos argentinos, após ter escrito sobre a guerra pelo ponto de vista britânico.

Brazil on Feb 06, 2019

Marcos Villela: A Guerra das Falklands foi apenas um devaneio do governo argentino que acabou custando caro para ambos os países participantes. O desenrolar das ações é minuciosamente descrito numa linguagem leve e boa de se ler. O autor mostra isenção na sua descrição dos fatos e nos conduz pelos horrores do combate mostrando desde a estratégia dos comandantes até o dia a dia dos soldados.

Brazil on Mar 12, 2018

andre: Apesar de ser escrito por um britânico, o livro é imparcial e é capaz de mostrar os dois lados da História

Brazil on Sep 18, 2015

Jonathan Mattson: I've bought a few of Middlebrook's books, but I’m not sure if I've really read many of them. This was a fascinating book for me. I've read a few books on the topic (islands were invaded a year before i was born - so no first hand memory of the actual events from the news media). But the books were always written with a British slant.

It's always interesting to see from the other side why they felt they were fighting. It seems odd that people could get so worked up over a bunch of islands that appear to have not much going for them, but never argue with ego and patriotism i guess. And I think Middlebrooks captures those feelings very well in his book.

I wish he could have covered the air attacks against the British better, but like he said he wasn’t going to rehash it from the British sources and he was obviously limited by what sources he could get from Argentine contacts. I do find it interesting how often he mentioned that they still believe they sunk or damaged vessels that were clearly not sunk or not damaged. That the propaganda was so ingrained even in the pilots that they still believe the errors. Of course I’m left wondering how much of it is...

United States on Mar 19, 2015

David I. Howells: I found this an absorbing book. Mainly because it contains the views of the 'other side,' a viewpoint not often heard.

It is sobering to hear about some of the Argentine accounts; their belief in the cause, their bravery and equally as often their stupidity (invading in the first place). This is particularly so as I am an 82 vet and currently in Argentina at the moment as part of my 'journey or closure.'

I enjoyed the book and reading many of these previously unheard of 'enemy' accounts was of obvious interest to me. I also have a lot of respect for many of those men behind those accounts. Many of whom fought and acted with a considerable degree of honour. I also think that the author did a very commendable job. In the main it was also an impartial one. I would like to add a certain degree of reality though. This book (annoyingly so), as well as others and web based articles, like to portray the Argentines as a rag tag bunch of poorly equipped, under fed conglomeration of teenage conscripted boys.

Facts: they had automatic personal weapons (we didn't), they had better boots, general all round clothing, night sights, better ration packs (yes they did!),...

United Kingdom on Jan 08, 2014

ADSHippin: I have never read one of Mr Middlebrook's books before, but I am now searching for other titles by him. Because this was one of those books that I had a hard time putting down. Up front let me say that my nationalty is British and I can remember the Falklands War like it was yesterday. However despite having read numerous accounts of the British Victory very little has been said from the perspective of the soldiers who wore the Argentine Unform. This book changes all that, and thru what where obviously some pretty intense interviews as you read this book you start to get a feeling and even an understanding of the passions and emotions of the young soldiers facing the Brits. In the western press we hear about the superiority of the British War machine during the conflict; however the Argentines did put up a spirited if ineffective defence of the Falklands. Another thing that I thought was very interesting about this book is that we get to see how and why misinformation was distributed in the fog of war. I suppose the difference between the British and Argentine governments is that we laid open the books after the conflict to the public versus the Argentines who outright lied to...

United States on May 09, 2007