An Unofficial 'The Rest Is History' Reading List

170. The Falklands War: The Task Force Sails (Part 2)

March 29, 2022

Description

In the second episode of our Falklands War mini-series, Britain is faced with an Argentine occupation and prepares to go to war. Margaret Thatcher discovers her inner Winston Churchill - but faces...
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Books Referenced

Guilty Men

Author: Michael Foote

Context:

Described as 'the pamphlet, Guilty Men, attacking the appeasers in the late 1930s' - this is Michael Foote's famous 1940 political work critiquing appeasement policy

Authors Take Sides on the Falklands

Author: Various

Context:

Described as 'a wonderful collection of essays by Britain's writers' done 'in the imitation of one from the Spanish Civil War' - a collection featuring contributions from writers like Polly Toynbee, Margaret Drabble, Salman Rushdie, and Jilly Cooper expressing views on the Falklands War

Coasting

Author: Jonathan Raban

Context:

Explicitly mentioned as 'Jonathan Rabban's book is called Sailing' (though the actual title is 'Coasting') - a travel book about sailing around the coast of Britain, with a notable passage about the author watching the task force depart and being moved to tears despite his intellectual opposition to the war