Thanks Joe!

Not specifically on the air component, but 100 Days by Sandy Woodward is an excellent account of the overall conflict.

My issue with Sharky Ward's book is that I don't believe I have ever seen a book so arrogantly written. He both fought, and wrote about the war from the perspective of a fighter pilot. I'm not sure he gives Woodward enough credit for honouring other threats as he goes on his rants about how if Woodward had done what he suggested he could have conducted the war with far fewer losses or expense or whatever.

On the technical side, I'm sure there are few better books, it's a fantastic resource into the internal workings of the two squadrons, (Though I'd have loved to see the memoirs of his counter-part squadron commander as a comparison) and I understand that combat pilots by inclination tend to be a little self-inflating, but it was, at times, painful to read.

NTM

indeed, 3 star. i got the strong impression that ward, won the entire war..

..and not just that, but won the cold war too.

his greatness won the war and with that- he terrified the soviets into reassessing the willingness of democracies to wage war which had presumedly come into question since the vietnam conflict.

but i very much enjoyed reading it.

You should read David Morgan's excellent "Hostile Skies" - he puts across the 800 NAS side of the story very well indeed, and there are even one or two well-mannered digs at Sharkey's expense. Both enjoyable books, but I'm more likely to read Morgan's again.

Excellent. I'll see if I can't track down a copy. Such Euro-centric military accounts are not often found over here in the US.

NTM

Dear Dante-JT
I' have two book more about Malvinas.
The first: Name: EXOCET,Editorial: Abril SA, Autor: Emilio Villarino
Es el mejor libro que lei sobre las acciones navales de los pilotos argentinos, ademas habla sobre como cambiaron las doctrinas de combate actuales por la utilizacion del misil EXOCET.



Editado: perdon pero el libro "Los dos lados del infirno", no es de aviacion. Por este motivo quite la imagen.

Gracias

Falklands Air War by Air Britain Research group. Very well written and impartial and a monster publication.

S! IvanK! Is this one? http://www.amazon.com/o/ASIN/1857801261/102-2742845-4539309?SubscriptionId=0RAFPGWETQZXMXGFNN02