One Hundred Days: Memoirs of the Falklands Battle Group Commander - Brossura

Woodward, Admiral Sandy

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ISBN 10: 0006378412 ISBN 13: 9780006378419

Casa editrice: Flamingo, 1992

Riassunto

Admiral Sandy Woodward spent 100 days as commander of the Falklands Battle Group. This book contains his memoirs, his personal reflections during the hours up to the surrender at Port Stanley, of the repulse of the Argentinian navy and defeat of their air forces, of the sinking of the "Belgrano" and of the daring landing at Carlos Water, 8000 miles from home. This book is a portrayal of the world of modern naval warfare, where equipment is of astonishing sophistication but the margins for human courage and error are as wide as in the days of Nelson, and it is unique, too, in its revelations of the mind of the commander involved in planning the Falklands War.

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Recensione:

‘One of the most gripping, convincing and realistic accounts of a naval battle ever published’
John Keegan, Daily Telegraph

‘Perceptive, vivid, engaging’, Guardian

‘One of the clearest and frankest accounts ever written of modern naval warfare’
Field Marshal Lord carver’
Sunday Telegraph

‘Not since Lord Nelson has any senior naval commander described so frankly the loneliness of high command’
Tom Pocock, The Times

‘A compulsive narrative with a strongly human undertone’
General Sir John Hackett, Spectator

L'autore:

Admiral Sir John Woodward entered the Royal Navy at age 13 in 1946; he became a submarine specialist. As Rear Admiral in 1981 he assumed the duties of Flag Officer First Flotilla. In 1982, flying his Flag in the aircraft carrier HMS Hermes, he commanded the South Atlantic Task Groups in the Falklands War, after which he was awarded the KCB. He retired from active service in 1989.He is married with two children.

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• Editore: Flamingo
• Data di pubblicazione: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0006378412
• ISBN 13: 9780006378419
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 384