Intro; Acknowledgements; Contents; Introduction; The Falklands Issue Before the War; 1 The Origins of the Falklands Crisis; 2 The Thatcher Government and the Falklands Question; The Conservative Party; 1 Before the 'Fait Accompli'; 2 Willing to Negotiate, but Ready for War; 3 From the Beginning of the War Operations to the Counter-Invasion; 4 Towards Victory; The Labour Party; 1 First Reactions; 2 Between US Mediation and Recourse to the United Nations; 3 From the Sinking of the Belgrano to the Counter-Invasion of the Islands; 4 The Last Weeks of the Crisis; The SDP-Liberal Alliance

1 The First Days of the Crisis2 Diplomacy at Work; 3 Escalation, the Sinking of the Belgrano, Counter-Invasion; 4 The Last Weeks of the Crisis; Conclusions; 1 The Conceptual Framework of the Crisis; 2 The Crisis in the House of Commons; 3 The Leaders; 4 The Falklands Factor; Index