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Framing the Falklands War: Nationhood, Culture and Identity [Hardcover]

James Aulich (Editor)

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ISBN-10: 0335096840 | ISBN-13: 978-0335096848 | Publication Date: December 1991

Discussing a range of media, the essays in this illustrated volume analyze the cultural and ideological value of the Falklands conflict and the means by which symbolic outweighed historical significance to shape individual subjects and national identities in both Britain and Argentina.

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Hardcover: 160 pages
Publisher: Open Univ Pr (December 1991)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0335096840
ISBN-13: 978-0335096848
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,527,215 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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The Falklands campaign makes a simple story because the events follow each other in a connected series: the Argentines invade the islands; the British send a fleet to recover them; the opposing nations clash at sea; the British land and fight battles which they swiftly win; they return home to a quayside celebration. Read the first page

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graphic satire, official perspective, rail strike, war artist

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The Guardian, South Atlantic, Daily Mirror, Second World War, Daily Express, Daily Star, Royal Navy, Ministry of Defence, Simon Weston, Robert Lawrence, Buenos Aires, First World War, Imperial War Museum, Steve Bell, Union Jack, The Times, Daily Telegraph, General Belgrano, Falkland Islands, Port Stanley, Scots Guards, Charles Wood, Daily Mail, Margaret Thatcher, General Galtieri

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This book cites 100 books:

The Falklands War: The Full Story by "Sunday Times" Insight Team on 5 pages
Special Deliverance (Charnwood Library) by A. Fullerton on page 120, page 121, and Back Matter
The Fight for the Malvinas: The Argentine Forces in the Falklands War by Martin Middlebrook on page 48, page 49, and Back Matter
Ministry of Defence: Prices Paid for Spare Parts: [Hc]: [1992-93]: House of Commons Papers: [1992-93] by Great Britain in Front Matter, page 102, and page 130
Iron Britannia: Why Parliament Waged Its Falklands War by Anthony Barnett on page 127, page 139, and Back Matter

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The Politics of International Crisis Escalation: Decision-Making Under Pressure (Library of International Relations) by P. Stuart Robinson in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
Pink Ice: Britain and the South Atlantic Empire by Klaus Dodds in Back Matter
Rethinking Geopolitics by Simon Dalby on page 195
The Glasgow Media Group Reader, Vol. I: News Content, Langauge and Visuals (Communication and Society) by John Eldridge on page 26
War and the British: Gender and National Identity, 1939-91 (Social & Cultural History) by Lucy Noakes in Back Matter

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