One Hundred Days
One Hundred Days
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Author(s): Woodward, Admiral Sandy
Woodward, Sandy Admiral.
ISBN No.: 9780007436408
Edition: Revised
Pages: 576
Year: 201203
Format: UK-B Format Paperback (Trade Paper)
Price: $ 32.54
Dispatch delay: Dispatched between 7 to 15 days
Status: Available

Updated for the 30th anniversary of the Falklands War, this is the bestselling, highly-acclaimed and most famous account of the conflict, written by the commander of the British Task Force. On 5 April 1982, three days after the invasion of the Falkland Islands, British armed forces were ordered to sail 8,000 miles to the South Atlantic unaware of what lay ahead of them or whether they would be committed to war with Argentina. In these engrossing memoirs, Admiral Sandy Woodward, Task Force commander from the aircraft carrier Hermes, takes us from day one to day one hundred of the conflict; from sailing through the waters of the Atlantic with hopes of a political settlement fading, and war becoming increasingly likely, to the repulse of the Argentinian navy and the daring amphibious landing at San Carlos Water. The war, which cost the lives of over 1,000 men, has left a legacy of many historical debates and controversies, from the sinking of ships such as HMS Coventry, HMS Sheffield and Sir Galahad, and the Argentinian cruiser, the Belgrano, to wider issues such as what was it like to command and fight a modern air and naval war, the biggest naval action since World War II. 'One Hundred Days' is unique as a dramatic portrayal of the world of modern naval warfare, where despite the use of sophisticated equipment and communications, the margins for human error and courage were as wide as they were in the days of Nelson. * Revised and updated edition taking in new information that has emerged about the war since the book's first publication in hardback in 1992 with new introduction from Admiral Woodward * One Hundred Days is still the most famous and most highly-acclaimed history of the Falklands War, 20 years on * Customer reviews on Amazon.com and Amazon.co are consistently 5 star * To be published in advance of the inevitable re-opening of debates and wave of TV documentaries in the run up to the war's 30th anniversary Competition: None.



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