The British Political Parties And The Falklands War

Author : Domenico Maria Bruni
Publisher : Springer
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2018-10-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781137314710

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The British Political Parties and the Falklands War by Domenico Maria Bruni Pdf

This book explores and reconstructs how the principal parliamentary parties in Britain confronted and responded to events that unfolded during the Falklands War in the spring of 1982. The author begins by situating the Falklands Crisis within the wider context of the breakup of the British Empire and discusses the fluid political situation in Parliament at the time. Following this, the book examines in detail each of the parties – the Conservative Party, the Labour Party and the SDP-Liberal Alliance – and their actions during the crisis. The chapters focus on each party in turn and follow a chronological narrative to reconcile the evolution of the diplomatic and military picture with the internal political one.

Author : G.M. Dillon
Publisher : Springer
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1989-01-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781349197248

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The Falklands, Politics and War by G.M. Dillon Pdf

A comprehensive analysis of the relationship between political judgement, bureaucratic advice and military intelligence in the mismanagement of Britain's Falklands policy. The author argues that the Junta's responsibility for the invasion does not exonerate British decision-makers.

Author : Anthony Barnett
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015008008115

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Iron Britannia by Anthony Barnett Pdf

On 2 April 1982, Argentine forces seized the British-dependent Falkland Islands. Within 48 hours a British task force sailed for the South Atlantic. One in five Britons opposed this war; but Argentina's surrender 74 days later assured Margaret Thatcher's re-election. This 2012 edition offers a new preface by Anthony Barnett, dissecting post-Falklands UK foreign policy and is appended with three related short pieces by the author.

Author : Roger Awan-Scully
Publisher : Biteback Publishing
Page : 77 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2018-04-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781785903632

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The End of British Party Politics? by Roger Awan-Scully Pdf

Elections ask voters to choose between political parties. But voters across the UK are increasingly being presented with fundamentally different, and largely disconnected, sets of political choices. This book is about this hollowing out of a genuinely British democratic politics: how and why it has occurred, and why it matters. Electoral choices across Britain became increasingly differentiated along national lines over much of the last half-century. In 2017, for the second general election in a row, four different parties came first in the UK's four nations. UK voters are increasingly faced with general election campaigns that are largely disconnected from each other. At the same time, voters acquire much of their information about the election from news-media based in London that display little understanding of these national distinctions. The UK continues to elect representatives to a single parliament. But the shared debates and sets of choices that tie a political community together are increasingly absent. Separate national political arenas and agendas still have to interact but in some respects the House of Commons increasingly resembles the European Parliament – whose members are democratically chosen but from a disconnected series of separate national electoral contests. This is deeply problematic for the long-term unity and integrity of the UK.

Author : David Sanders
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:606499935

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Government Popularity and the Falklands War by David Sanders Pdf

Author : James Cable
Publisher : Springer
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1987-07-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781349187652

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Political Institutions and Issues in Britain by James Cable Pdf

Author : Ezequiel Mercau
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2019-05-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108483292

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The Falklands War by Ezequiel Mercau Pdf

Panoramic, transnational history of the Falklands War and its imperial dimensions, which explores how a minor squabble mushroomed into war.

Author : David Broughton
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2014-03-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781135205386

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British Elections and Parties Yearbook 1994 by David Broughton Pdf

This volume combines current academic research on British elections, parties and public opinion with a detailed reference section including a chronology of the major political events of 1993, opinion polls and by-election results for 1993, as well as an up-to-date digest of party and media addresses and contacts.

Author : Lawrence Freedman
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 812 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Falkland Islands War, 1982
ISBN : 9780714652078

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The Official History of the Falklands Campaign: War and diplomacy by Lawrence Freedman Pdf

Follows the task force to the South Atlantic, through the battles of early May that saw the loss of the Belgrano and the Sheffield, and on to the landings at San Carlos and the eventual surrender of the Argentine garrison.

Author : Amy Oakes
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2012-10-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780804784931

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Diversionary War by Amy Oakes Pdf

The very existence of diversionary wars is hotly contested in the press and among political scientists. Yet no book has so far tackled the key questions of whether leaders deliberately provoke conflicts abroad to distract the public from problems at home, or whether such gambles offer a more effective response to domestic discontent than appeasing opposition groups with political or economic concessions. Diversionary War addresses these questions by reinterpreting key historical examples of diversionary war—such as Argentina's 1982 Falklands Islands invasion and U.S. President James Buchanan's decision to send troops to Mormon Utah in 1857. It breaks new ground by demonstrating that the use of diversionary tactics is, at best, an ineffectual strategy for managing civil unrest, and draws important conclusions for policymakers—identifying several new, and sometimes counterintuitive, avenues by which embattled states can be pushed toward adopting alternative political, social, or economic strategies for managing domestic unrest.

Author : Daniel K. Gibran
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2015-08-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780786490097

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The Falklands War by Daniel K. Gibran Pdf

The Falklands War is an ideal showcase for how British policy evolved in the 1970s and 1980s. The background of the dispute over the island group in the remote South Atlantic (called Las Malvinas by the Argentines) is given first, then the events that precipitated the 1982 conflict and extensive examination of the military aspects of the war are provided. An overview follows of the many hypotheses offered for the British motivation to recapture the Falklands, showing that only those theories pertaining to the British perception of their national honor and the defense of democratic principles are significant. The Falklands War did not result in a dramatic shift in British defense policy, but did show the importance of external developments and political realism in policy formation, and these considerations are fully detailed here.

Author : Érico Esteves Duarte
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2021-03-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030655662

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The Falklands/Malvinas War in the South Atlantic by Érico Esteves Duarte Pdf

This book explores the Falklands War from an Argentinian perspective, taking into consideration three aspects. First, it introduces classified documents after the end of the thirty-year ban. Second, it highlights various conceptual, institutional, and doctrinal reforms in the Argentinian and other South American armed forces as a result of lessons learned from the Malvinas War. Third, it reflects on the war's long-term implications on Argentina’s foreign policy and society. The book offers the first comprehensive, multi-level analysis, and Argentinian scholarship on the conflict. It is based on original primary data, mainly official documentation and interviews with military officers and combatants.

Author : Gerry Hassan,Eric Shaw
Publisher : Biteback Publishing
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2019-05-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781785903878

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The People's Flag and the Union Jack by Gerry Hassan,Eric Shaw Pdf

The British Labour Party has at times been a force for radical change in the UK, but one critical aspect of its makeup has been consistently misunderstood and underplayed: its Britishness. Throughout the party's history, its Britishness has been an integral part of how it has done politics, acted in government and opposition, and understood the UK and its nations and regions. The People's Flag and the Union Jack is the first comprehensive account of how Labour has tried to understand Britain and Britishness and to compete in a political landscape defined by conservative notions of nation, patriotism and tradition. At a time when many of the party faithful regard national identity as a toxic subject, academics Gerry Hassan and Eric Shaw argue that Labour's Britishness and its ambiguous relationship with issues of nationalism matter more today than ever before, and will continue to matter for the foreseeable future, when the UK is in fundamental crisis. As debate rages about Brexit, and the prospect of Scottish independence remains live, this timely intervention, featuring contributions from a wealth of pioneering thinkers, offers an illuminating and perceptive insight into Labour's past, present and future.

Author : Jennifer Lees-Marshment
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0719060176

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Political Marketing and British Political Parties by Jennifer Lees-Marshment Pdf

Demonstrates how British political parties have begun to use comprehensive political marketing in order to gain electoral success. They conduct focus groups and opinion polls in an attempt to elicit what voters want from them and then try to adjust their behaviors accordingly...

Author : Kenneth L Privratsky
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2016-08-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781473823129

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Logistics in the Falklands War by Kenneth L Privratsky Pdf

While many books have been written on the Falklands War, this is the first to focus on the vital aspect of logistics. The challenges were huge; the lack of preparation time; the urgency; the huge distances involved; the need to requisition ships from trade to name but four.??After a brief discussion of events leading to Argentina's invasion the book describes in detail the rush to re-organise and deploy forces, despatch a large task force, the innovative solutions needed to sustain the Task Force, the vital staging base at Ascension Island, the in-theatre resupply, the set-backs and finally the restoring of order after victory.??Had the logistics plan failed, victory would have been impossible and humiliation inevitable, with no food for the troops, no ammunition for the guns, no medical support for casualties etc.??The lessons learnt have never been more important with increasing numbers of out-of-area operations required in remote trouble spots at short notice. The Falklands experience is crucial for the education of new generations of military planners and fascinating for military buffs and this book fills an important gap.