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"Full
of insights about the extraordinary story of Argentina under Galtieri
and Alfonsin," "A beautifully written and well-researched book, competently
annotated and documented, which is special on several counts. His
is a first-hand and authorative account of the Falklnds war as seen
from Buenos Aires. Burns brings to bear his unique experience of
a mixed British and Spanish upbringing in his quest for an answer
to Argentina's incomprehensible descent into violent political
chaos and moral as well as economic bakruptsy." "I have never met Mr Jimmy Burns, but have read his reports
from Argentina. I regard him as a political opponent but also as
a journalist who writes extremely well. Journalists who write well,
however, do not always make good authors. This book shows Jimmy Burns
to be amn excellent author….In my view this book is compulsory
reading for any serious student of British foreign policy in the
1980's as well as the general reader." "It is one of the most suggestive and illuminating of all
books on the Falklands/Malvinas question," "An extremely well researched and unbiased look at a war that
has become clouded with both by-gosh-by-golly-by-jingoism and political
opportunism." "An excellent read, compelling, full of journalist's
insights and containing much new material." "The importance of The Land That Lost Its Heroes transcends
its immediate subject matter, and from it there is much to be learned
avout the nature of military dictatorships, about the interplay of
home affairs and foreign politics in the contemporary world, and
about the relations of church and state." |
