Land that Lost Its Heroes How Argentina Lost the Falklands War

Zusatztext A beautifully written and well-researched book, competently annotated and documented, which is special on several counts. His is a first-hand and authoratative account of the Falklands war as seen from Buenos Aires. Burns brings to bear his unique experience of a mixed British and Spanish upbringing in his quest for an answer to Argentina's incomprehensible descent into violent political chaos and moral as well as economic bankruptcy Informationen zum Autor Jimmy Burns is a prize-winning author and journalist. Among his books are The Land that Lost its Heroes (winner of the Somerset Maugham prize for nonfiction), Barça: A People's Passion , Papa Spy , La Roja , Pope of Good Promise , and Cristiano & Leo . He lives in London with his wife and two daughters. www.jimmy-burns.com Twitter: @jimmy_burns Essential title for the 30th anniversary of the Falklands War on April 2, 2012 Vorwort Essential title for the 30th anniversary of the Falklands War on April 2, 2012 Zusammenfassung Essential title for the 30th anniversary of the Falklands War on April 2, 2012

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Jimmy Burns, Burns Jimmy
• Verlag: Bloomsbury
• Inhalt: Buch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 26.04.2012
• Thema: Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Politikwissenschaft > Staatslehre und politische Verwaltung
• EAN: 9781408834404
• ISBN: 978-1-4088-3440-4
• Anzahl Seiten: 584
• Abmessung (Verpackung): 12.8 x 19.8 x 4.2 cm
• Themen: Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000; Argentina; HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies); Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999