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BRITAIN'S DILEMMA.
- Source :
-
New Republic . 5/12/82, Vol. 186 Issue 19, p14-16. 3p. - Publication Year :
- 1982
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Abstract
- Focuses on the battle for the acquisition of Falkland islands between Great Britain and Argentina. Failure of the British foreign policy which led Argentina invade Falkland Islands; Statement that future of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and her government would depend on naval action in the South Atlantic region; Difficulties faced by British forces to get their amphibious ships to the Falklands; Military preparedness of Argentina against invasion of Great Britain; Strategic and political importance of the Falkland Islands to Great Britain; Consultation of Thatcher's Foreign Secretary, Francis Fym, with the United Nations before any further military action was taken; Views of the Conservative and Labor Party on the issue; Opinion of the public on the sending of the British task force in the Falkland Islands against Argentina.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00286583
- Volume :
- 186
- Issue :
- 19
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- New Republic
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- 12848294