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fascinating...a great cauldron of stories (NEW STATESMAN )
a readable, plausible and intriguing addition to the Falklands literature. (DAILY TELEGRAPH )
Nigel West's book is enjoyable. (THE TIMES )
West once again shows his ability to master the jargon and distorted information of spookery. (FINANCIAL TIMES )
a readable, plausible and intriguing addition to the Falklands literature. (DAILY TELEGRAPH )
Nigel West's book is enjoyable. (THE TIMES )
West once again shows his ability to master the jargon and distorted information of spookery. (FINANCIAL TIMES )
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As a former American Defense Department historian, I've read my fair share of military and intelligence books. I eagerly sought this book out and its introduction made me anticipate reading it even more. In the end, I was left particularly disappointed. It seems to me that West really wasn't connected to (enough) classified sources to write a complete history of the secret war. He mentions particular contributions to the British cause made by foreign intelligence services: Chile, Australia, New Zealand, the United States, but does not really detail what the content of that intelligence was, nor how useful it was to the British Task Force. The book's main thesis was the secret war against the Argentine use of the Exocet...and this is not quite the same thing as the secret war in the Falklands (which would conjure up images of all SAS/SBS operations, etc, not just those planned against Super Etendard bases). West introduces more military, intelligence, and business officials than you can keep straight, but he doesn't really detail much about their exact role. Strangely enough, West felt compelled to add an epilogue detailing what happened to these people, most of who merited only one or two sentences in the entire book! The latter half of the book details the demise and mysterious death of the Italian banker Calvi, who was tied to an Argentinian purchase of Exocets. Despite all the pages devoted to this topic, the best West can surmise about Calvi's fate is speculation. In the book's favor, I did learn a few tidbits I did not know: like the extent of Chilean assistance to Britain, but the tidbits had no depth to them. Either West didn't have enough sources or he should have waited until more documents dealing with the war are declassified.
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I first heard of this book in 1998 when I first became interested in the Falklands War, I read it a year later and was completely fascinated. Nigel West writes an account of what the British actually did to win the South Atlantic conflict and explains that Westminster almost lost to the Argentines. He gives a good insight into which foreign governments helped us and which didn't. The title is correct, it was a "Secret war". There is much we have not been told about the Falklands crisis and West reveals some truths to an extent. A must for anyone interested in the conflict.
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I almost didnt write a review as the other reviewers have summed it up pretty well. Having read a fair amount about the Falklands War I had great expectations but found this book disappointing - promising lots and delivering little additional hard information
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Other secrets
Despite all the reviews on the book, some of them positively raving, this was not the book it claimed to be. Read more
Published on 10 Jun 2008 by S. L. Cairns
Most of the Secrets still Secret
I have to say that this is a difficult read which is not rewarding. West concentrates too much on each "characters'" history in other non-Falklands areas of work without... Read more
Published on 14 Jan 2002
The Conflict seen from an International perspective:
Many, many books have been written about the Falklands conflict. Indeed I have had the opportunity, whilst researching for a Dissertation, to study many of them. Read more
Published on 24 Oct 1999 by thb6@aber.ac.uk
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