169. The Falklands War: Countdown to Invasion (Part 1)
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169. The Falklands War: Countdown to Invasion (Part 1) mentions Who Dares Wins and Who Dares Wins: Britain, 1979–1982 by Dominic Sandbrook with timestamps, quotes, and episode context.
I genuinely think is one of the great pieces of British 21st century writing.
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“The four chapters that you devote to the Falklands War in your most recent history of Britain, in Who Dares Wins, Britain, 1979 to 1982, is one of the great pieces of British 21st century writing.”
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More British Than the British
“An ITV documentary about the Falklands that the local magistrate and bigwigs watched, which they thought was absolutely brilliant.”