International Perspectives on the Falklands Conflict: A Matter of Life and Death

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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. Front Matter....Pages i-xii Introduction: A Matter of Life and Death....Pages 1-11 The Policy Relevance of the Falklands/Malvinas Past....Pages 12-46 The Malvinas as a Factor in Argentine Politics....Pages 47-66 The Chilean Falklands Factor....Pages 67-84 The Role of the Falkland Lobby, 1968–1990....Pages 85-108 International and Inter-Agency Misperceptions in the Conflict....Pages 109-126 The Franks Report: a Chronicle of Unripe Time....Pages 127-152 Intelligence Warning of the Occupation of the Falklands: Some Organisational Issues....Pages 153-163 The Falklands War and the Concept of Escalation....Pages 164-190 The Falklands War and British Defence Policy....Pages 191-202 Anglo-American Relations and the Falklands Conflict....Pages 203-223 The Nature of Anglo-Argentine Diplomacy, 1980–1990....Pages 224-237 Public Attitudes and the Future of the Islands....Pages 238-267 Back Matter....Pages 268-277