This book traces the interaction of war and diplomacy and analyses why theFalklands conflict of 1982 engaged the British and Argentine people in a deeplypersona... » 

This book traces the interaction of war and diplomacy and analyses why theFalklands conflict of 1982 engaged the British and Argentine people in a deeplypersonal way. It also examines the interpretation of the war in Britainrevealing how the war a successful one was seen by its critics as anexample of Thatchers Britain. This small war exemplified what onehistorian calls the myriad faces of war and had and has resonances largerthan its size. «