Goose Green : a battle is fought to be won / Mark Adkin.
By: Adkin, Mark [author.]
.London : Weidenfeld & Nicholson, an imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd., 2022Description: 407 pages : illustrations, maps (black and white).Content type: text | still image | cartographic image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781474626255; 9781474626262.Subject(s): Falkland Islands War, 1982 -- Campaigns -- Falkland Islands -- Goose Green | Goose Green (Falkland Islands) -- History -- Siege, 1982Summary: "Goose Green was the first land battle of the Falklands War. It was also the longest, the hardest-fought, the most controversial and the most important to win. What began as a raid became a vicious, 14-hour infantry struggle, in which 2 Para – outnumbered, exhausted, forced to attack across open ground in full daylight, and with inadequate fire support – lost their commanding officer, and almost lost the action. This is the only full-length, detailed account of this crucial battle. Drawing on the eye-witness accounts of both British and Argentinian soldiers who fought at Goose Green, and their commanders’ narratives, it has become the definitive account of most important and controversial land battle of the Falklands War."-- Taken from Weidenfeld & Nicholson site. https://www.weidenfeldandnicolson.co.uk/titles/mark-adkin/goose-green/9781474626262/
| Item type | Current library | Class number | Status | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book | House of Lords Library - Palace Dewey | 997.11024 ADK (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 018498 |
First published in Great Britain by Cassell Military Paperbacks, an imprint of Orion Books, in 1992.
"Goose Green was the first land battle of the Falklands War. It was also the longest, the hardest-fought, the most controversial and the most important to win. What began as a raid became a vicious, 14-hour infantry struggle, in which 2 Para – outnumbered, exhausted, forced to attack across open ground in full daylight, and with inadequate fire support – lost their commanding officer, and almost lost the action. This is the only full-length, detailed account of this crucial battle. Drawing on the eye-witness accounts of both British and Argentinian soldiers who fought at Goose Green, and their commanders’ narratives, it has become the definitive account of most important and controversial land battle of the Falklands War."-- Taken from Weidenfeld & Nicholson site.
https://www.weidenfeldandnicolson.co.uk/titles/mark-adkin/goose-green/9781474626262/