Accession Number:

ADA326549

Title:

Was the Invasion of the Malvinas/Falklands Islands a Correct Political Decision by Argentina?

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

ARMY WAR COLL STRATEGIC STUDIES INST CARLISLE BARRACKS PA

Personal Author(s):

• Bernadou, Eduardo

Report Date:

1997-04-01

Pagination or Media Count:

32.0

Abstract:

This paper analyzes the political decision of the Argentine government to use limited military power to obtain a political objective. It is based on different historical and diplomatic antecedents about the MalvinasFalklands sovereignty issue, until the Georgias Islands crisis before the invasion in April 1982.

Descriptors:

• *INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
• *ARGENTINA
• *FALKLAND ISLANDS
• WARFARE
• DECISION MAKING
• INTERNATIONAL POLITICS

Subject Categories:

• Government and Political Science

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE