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Reissued for the 40th anniversary of the Falklands conflict
The most indepth and powerful account yet published of the first crucial clash of the Falklands war told from both sides
Thorough and exhaustive Daily Telegraph
An excellent and fast paced narrative Michael McCarthy historical battlefield guide
Goose Green was the first land battle of the Falklands War It was also the longest the hardestfought the most controversial and the most important to win What began as a raid became a vicious 14hour 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 fulllength detailed account of this crucial battle Drawing on the eyewitness 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
A compelling story of men engaged in a battle that hung in the balance for hours in which Colonel H Jones solo charge against an entrenched enemy won him a posthumous VC and which for both sides was a gruelling and often terrifying encounter
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