Surprisingly, for a war fought in the television age, there appears to be a never-ending supply of books published about the Falklands War. Many are now out of print, and you’ll need to scour your local second-hand bookshop or trawl re-seller sites for copies. However, to increase your understanding of the conflict, there is no shortage of reading.
The subject is just enormous, and it has been dissected from multiple viewpoints. British and Argentine views have been explored both from the perspective of senior commanders and lower-ranking personnel. Official histories and documents are now accessible online. Military analysts have looked at many aspects of the war to try to draw lessons. There have even been soldier poets and fiction books that draw on the experiences of the conflict.
In the first months after the war, there was a rush to reveal the ‘secrets’ of the conflict and meet a seemingly insatiable appetite for information about what really happened. In the UK, the Sunday Times Insight team produced the first behind the scenes account of Britain’s war. War correspondent Max Hastings and Whitehall lobby reporter Simon Jenkins rapidly produced an account that incorporated details of their respective…
