Framing the Falklands War
Subtitle: Nationhood, Culture and Identity
Publisher: Open Univ Pr
Published: December 1991
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9780335096848
Subjects: Communication Studies; Cultural studies; Propaganda; Warfare & Defence; Argentina; Falklands; United Kingdom, Great Britain; c 1980 to c 1990; Exhibition Catalogs; Art and the war; Falkland Islands War, 1982; Literature and the war; Motion pictures and the war; Public opinion; History: World
First sentence: The Falklands campaign makes a simple story because the events follow each other in a connected series: the Argentines invade the islands; the British send a fleet to recover them; the opposing nations clash at sea; the British land and fight battles which they swiftly win; they return home to a quayside celebration.