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The Falkland Islands/Malvinas: The Contest for Empire in the South Atlantic

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This study examines the struggle for control of the Falkland Islands / Malvinas since the eighteenth century. It explains the Argentine government's far-sighted development of the islands in the early 19th century; assesses the heavy-handed intervention of the Americans; and explores Britain's reassertion of dominion. The author considers the theory that British colonization was a means of maintaining an empire of trade and commerce and a maritime pre-eminence. This account draws on hitherto unresearched documents relating to international maritime endeavours and is the first to give a balanced treatment of the claims of the British and Argentine governments to sovereignty over those islands known variously as the Falklands or Malvinas.

Language: English

Pages: 228

Format: Hardcover

Release: January 01, 1992

ISBN 13: 9780485114195

The Falkland Islands/Malvinas: The Contest for Empire in the South Atlantic

0/5 ( ratings)

This study examines the struggle for control of the Falkland Islands / Malvinas since the eighteenth century. It explains the Argentine government's far-sighted development of the islands in the early 19th century; assesses the heavy-handed intervention of the Americans; and explores Britain's reassertion of dominion. The author considers the theory that British colonization was a means of maintaining an empire of trade and commerce and a maritime pre-eminence. This account draws on hitherto unresearched documents relating to international maritime endeavours and is the first to give a balanced treatment of the claims of the British and Argentine governments to sovereignty over those islands known variously as the Falklands or Malvinas.

Language: English

Pages: 228

Format: Hardcover

Release: January 01, 1992

ISBN 13: 9780485114195

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