Review: Alternate History at its best!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 26, 2013
After reading 'Cato's Cavalry' I looked for other books by this author and found this, I was not disappointed.Think of a government dictatorship who wants to take control over a few thousand freedom loving people who just want to be left alone, the idea may resonate in todays America where there is such polarisation in politics.The dictatorship is this case was the Argentina of 1982 and the freedom loving people a few thousand men, women & children on the Falkland Islands who through self determination wanted to remain British, of course in the original timeline Argentina invaded successfully and Britain sent a Naval Taskforce which retook the islands which still today remain British.The author creates a believable POD in that somebody in the Ministry of Defence in 1955 sent a few Sherman Firefly tanks off to be scrapped only he put the order in the wrong tray therefore sending them to the Falklands. Onto 1982 and Argentina through Intelligence only expect small arms defence when they invade and because of this make many tactical mistakes.An action packed story from the fighting on the beaches to the political halls of London, Washington DC and Buenos Aires the author describes it all perfectly, the characters are believable through their thoughts and emotions and with a touch of humour at times also.Being British myself I grew up at the time of the real falklands war, for those Americans reading this and thinking the Falklands should be Argentinian think of say Puerto Rico being invaded by Venezuela and claiming it for their own as its off their coast despite the inhabitants wishing to remain American and then tell me that the Falkland islanders shouldn't be British.An excellent read and you do not need to know the true history to enjoy this story.Note to author - write longer books, you have the ability and talent. Normally I don't buy anything under 240 pages but I love alternate history stories so I skipped my rule.Highly recommended, another good read from this author.Phil