Taking place in 1982, a major event in both post-colonial history and the final phase of the Cold War, as well as a cultural touchstone for two different countries, the Falklands/Malvinas Conflict is one of the most important events of the last two decades of the twentieth century.
This volume builds upon the aims of the international Falklands/Malvinas Conflict’s thirty-seventh anniversary conference held at The University of Manchester on 25th and 26th April 2019, examining both Argentine and British sides of the conflict, as well as joining together the voices of the Falklands/Malvinas veterans with those of Falklands/Malvinas commentators, teasing out the multifaceted nature of the conflict. This allows readers to connect first-hand veterans’ accounts with academics’ and commentators’ research, as well as providing a larger picture and broader scope of how the 1982 conflict played out and is remembered in not only Argentina and Britain but also the United States, forty years after the conflict.
Including previously unheard first-hand accounts of the Falklands/Malvinas Conflict from key Argentine and British participants and combatants, such as Commodore Michael Clapp and Major General Julian Thompson and key members of 2 PARA, this volume offers a unique understanding of the conflict from a range of perspectives. Therefore, this volume is an invaluable resource for students and researchers interested in the Falklands/Malvinas Conflict.
Contents
Authors’ Biographies
Dedications
List of Figures
Introduction
Chapter One:
Joint amphibious and land force's support operations
Commodore Michael Clapp CB and Major General J H A Thompson CB OBE
Chapter Two:
Media and Cultural Influences During the United States’ ‘Shuttle Diplomacy’
Dr. Louise A. Clare
Chapter Three:
2 PARA at War — A Perspective
The Reverend Lieutenant- Colonel David Cooper MiD (Padre), Colonel John Crosland CBE MC (OC B Coy), Major General Dair Farrar-Hockley MC (OC A Coy) and Lieutenant-Colonel Philip Neame MBE (OC D Coy)
Chapter Four:
British in stock and tradition: The media representation of the Falkland Islanders
Dr. Andrea Bellot
Chapter Five:
The Argentine hospital ships in the Malvinas/Falklands War
Dr. Alfredo Lo Balbo
Chapter Six:
Commemorating HMS Coventry: Recalling the Falklands and Reviving the British War Film in Sea of Fire (2007)
Professor Jonathan Rayner
Chapter Seven:
A review of Argentina’s War
Francisco Cancio
Index
Biography
Louise A. Clare is based at The University of Manchester in the School of Arts, Languages and Cultures, where she completed her PhD in History and where she is now a Lecturer in Modern British History, receiving the University’s Eileen Raby Outstanding Teaching Award and Advance HE’s Senior Fellowship.
