The complex question of the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands remains far from resolved, even after the military and political events that took place from April to June 1982. This broad and dispassionate study of the causes of the South Atlantic war between Britain and Argentina--the first scholarly work of its kind--addresses the larger issues raised by the Falkland crisis and untangles a web of events and attitudes that stretch back over the past century.
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