- Hardcover: 320 pages
- Publisher: Bantam Press; 1st. Edition edition (4 Jun 2007)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0593058429
- ISBN-13: 978-0593058428
- Product Dimensions: 15.9 x 3.2 x 24.1 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
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The dramatic and definitive account of the sinking of the Belgrano.
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On the evening of 30 March, 1982, Commander David Hall, chief engineer of the British nuclear submarine HMS Conqueror received a telephone call giving him the order to ‘store for war’. At first he didn’t believe it. In the early hours of 2 April, Argentine forces invaded the Falkland Isles.
The sinking of the Belgrano was one of the most dramatic moments of the Falklands conflict. For many it signalled Britain’s entry into the war and it has been seen as a politically motivated decision deliberately designed to take the country irrevocably into the fight. Now Mike Rossiter – with unprecedented access to sailors from the Belgrano and HMS Conqueror – gives us a dramatic and definitive retelling of the events that led up to the sinking.
With all the pace and tension of a thriller, Sink the Belgrano takes us inside the battle for the South Atlantic and shows us the human drama behind the famous, and controversial, Sun headline ‘Gotcha!’ We track the collision course between the British submarine Conqueror and the Argentine warship – as the two sides and everyone aboard head towards the climactic moment just outside the exclusion zone set up by the British around the Falkland Isles. We witness the behind-the-scenes arguments , discussions and powerbroking that led to the decision to fire the three torpedoes. And, for the first time, we hear from the sailors on both sides – the personal testimony of the hunt for and attack on the Belgrano, and from the Argentine side the experience of being under attack and the sinking that left 340 members of her crew dead.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I wasn't expecting much other than some mildly diverting war-lit, but this account of HM Sub Conqueror's not-insignificant contribution to the Falklands campaign had me gripped. Given the political fall-out from the sinking of the Belgrano, the achievements of an incredibly brave crew have been overlooked, and in this book their story can now be told.
14 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Even though the outcome of the story is well known, the author has written a very exciting account of this crucial early episode in the Falklands War. The suspense builds up over the course of the first half of the book and there are also new pieces of information given by the author which are not well so well known in lay circles. Also unlike other books of this type we are not inundated with too many names which can make the plot of this type of book hard to follow. The book also sets out both the long and short terms causes of the war in a concise and interesting way.
7 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I was looking forward to some good revelations about the Conqueror's mission; some accounts from the Argentine sailors and their dreadful ordeal, but what I got was a book that spends too much time giving an overview of the war and not nearly enough time on the Conqueror or Belgrano. Disappointing really, and the lack of any substantive accounts from the Belgrano's crew is particularly surprising given some of the in-depth accounts available on the web.
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More than just the title subject
There is more to this book than the subject of it's title, although that is inevitably the main focus. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Bryan Jones
Fantastic Falklands war story
Great book, well written. Whilst reading it I thought I was onboard HMS Conqueror. Tells the story without any prejudice. A must read for anyone interested in the Falklands war.
Published 6 months ago by Skills
Good read, slight formatting issue on Kindle edition
This is a well written book, very easy to read. Although it largely concentrates on HMS Conqueror, it does cover other aspects of the war. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Russell Phillips
A good history lesson
The blurb at the back describes the book as, "written with all the pace and tension of a thriller". I have to disagree with that! Read more
Published 14 months ago by Winston Bugle
The trials and tribulations of naval warriors
I first read this hardback book a couple of years ago, on receiving it as a birthday present from my wife. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Roger an old romantic
Interesting points raised by it.... and why are the listed pictures...
I saw this, and read to to try to understand more about the Falkland war, as I knew it was quite horrendous, beacuse of tv people, information and the ones i've met or heard about... Read more
Published 21 months ago by Peri
Unfocussed and inaccurate
Books on very specific aspects of the Falklands conflict are few and far between, so I was looking forward to this one - exactly what happened around the Belgrano incident? Read more
Published on 15 July 2008 by Kenny Macleod
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