The Falkland Islands/Malvinas
the conquest for empire in the South Atlantic
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Word Count
53,000 words, Guess
Page Count
212 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL1719116M
- ISBN-100485114194
- OCLC Control Number26133037
- Library of Congress Control Number92021952
- Goodreads2406236
Classifications
- DDC997/.11
- LCCF3031 .G68 1992
Description
"This study examines the struggle for control of the Falkland Islands / Malvinas since the eighteenth century. It explains the Argentine government's far-sighted development of the islands in the early 19th century; assesses the heavy-handed intervention of the Americans; and explores Britain's reassertion of dominion. The author considers the theory that British colonization was a means of maintaining an empire of trade and commerce and a maritime pre-eminence. This account draws on hitherto unresearched documents relating to international maritime endeavours and is the first to give a balanced treatment of the claims of the British and Argentine governments to sovereignty over those islands known variously as the Falklands or Malvinas."--BOOK JACKET.
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