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9 Battles to Stanley 

Cover Notes

The Argentine invasion of the Falkland Islands came as a thunderclap in early April 1982, it was one of those events, like all were the assassination of President Kennedy or the sect's death of Prince of Wales, when many people can remember what they were doing as the news broke.  What sets Nicholas account of the Falklands War apart from previous works, is it is objectivity.  All too often readers only received the British viewpoint of the conflict.  Nicholas van der Bijl served "down south" wheel of the intelligence corps, is ideally equipped to examine in detail Argentine units strengths and weaknesses and to use to pay first hand accounts to paint a  true picture. 

This thoroughly balance work  benefits not just the authors experience but the wealth of research inflammation he has gathered since the conflict.  Without any axe to grind the author has produced a thoroughly readable description of the major battles that led to the famous British victory.  He pulls no punches and preserves no sacred cows as witnessed by the graphic description and assessment of the SAS attack on South Georgia. 

Even those who took part in the campaign will learn something new about those anxious months when the British and Argentine units nations held their breath as extraordinary events unfolded.  For a really clear and balanced account of what actually happened the expert and the layman alike can do no better than to read nine battles to Stanley. 

Reviews

Martin Spirit rated this book Excellent
I can only imagine that Mr. Hadfiled who wrote the above comments has not taken the opportunity to read 9 Battles to Stanley. If he had he would realize that Nicholas van der Bijl has written the best and most well researched book on the Falklands War. This book is a main stay for all our research on the campaign for the Britain's Small Wars web site. 

Having read some of  the other comments Mr. Hadfiled placed about over books on this web site, I can tell he has a large collection of crayons and uses them on a regular basis.

Juan Pozzi rated this book as Excellent 
Originally published in September 1999, this work provides a detailed account on both British patrols and Argentine 601st and 602nd Commando Company operations in No-Man's-Land. Bijl is more than just an historian - he served as 3rd Commando Brigade's Intelligence Officer in the Falklands War.

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