Dimensions
128 x 198 x 15mm
Fighting a war is always difficult. But when you are conducting an amphibious campaign over 8,000 miles from your home base, it becomes a Herculean task. Such, however, were the circumstances of the Falklands War in 1982. Outnumbered both in the air and on the ground, the British were forced to fight in the harsh and unforgiving climate of the South Atlantic.
When Brigadier Julian Thompson gave his orders to 3 Commando Brigade, he made clear that the operation on which they were about to embark would be far from easy. Indeed, although small in scale and short in duration, for the men who fought there, the Falklands War was no picnic.
Written by the commander of land forces in the theatre, 'No Picnic' was the first major account of the war to come from one of the senior participants. Thompson offers important insights into the difficulties and frustrations of command in an operation that was constantly balanced on a knife-edge between triumph and disaster.
Now revised and updated, this is the story of a gruelling but ultimately successful campaign that was regarded by many as Mission Impossible.
