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"The Falkland (or Malvinas) Islands-a peaceful haven for land and
sea birds and once a profitable paradise for whalers and seal
hunters-erupted into the headlines on April 2, 1982. The armed
conflict between Britain and Argentina that continued during the
following two months was but one more stage in a long-standing
struggle over the sovereignty of the islands, a conflict dating
back to colonial times. The issues, much discussed, remain
unresolved. In this book, the Hoffmanns present the background to
the confrontation between Argentina and Britain, as well as an
analysis of the present situation. Clarifying the importance of the
seemingly insignificant, remote islands in the South Atlantic, over
which European nations nearly went to war several times and which
Britain wrested from Argentina in the 1830s, the authors trace the
history of the dispute, the involvement of the United States, and
the impact of the recent war on inter-American relations."
This study centers on the history of the dispute over the Falkland
Islands (Las Islas Malvinas), a remote, windswept archipelago in
the far reaches of the South Atlantic off the coast of Argentina.
They are held by Great Britain and claimed by Argentina. Few people
know anything about them, and when the war over them broke out in
April 1982, many Britons had to run to a map to see where they
were. But not the Argentines, who are taught from the cradle that
"las Malvinas son argentinas" (the Malvinas are Argentine).
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