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Too Thin for a Shroud

Crispin Black

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English
Gibson Square
02 April 2023
'Haunting... plunges you right at the heart of the action' DAILY MAIL

'An important new book' DAILY TELEGRAPH

'[A] new light' SPECTATOR

'New call to unseal all files' GUARDIAN

On 8 June, 1982, four British warships came under an unexpected mass attack at the end of the Falklands War lasting only minutes. Two were sunk, 56 Army and Navy troops died―more than half of them Welsh Guards―and close to 200 men were injured and some 300 veterans suffer from PTSD to this day. It was the most lethal day of combat in the Falklands and since World War II in general. Yet its dramatic history has never been written until now. Based for the first time on a trove of newly-released secret Ministry of Defence documents full of extraordinary detail, Crispin Black grippingly brings to life the day his troops came under attack. With candid personal recollections from his peers, Too Thin for a Shroud is a poignant memoir that casts an entirely new light on Britain's land campaign in the Falklands. On 8 June, days before Britain's attack on Port Stanley, the outcome of the conflict might yet have gone the other way.

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Imprint:   Gibson Square
Dimensions:   Height: 234mm,  Width: 156mm,  Spine: 16mm
Weight:   422g
ISBN:   9781783342587
ISBN 10:   1783342587
Pages:   192
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Crispin Black served as platoon commander of the Welsh Guards in the Falklands. He went on to serve in Germany and three tours in Northern Ireland before joining the Cabinet Office as a lieutenant colonel with responsibilities for intelligence and COBRA liaison. He studied at King's College, London, was a Defence Fellow at St John's College, Cambridge and a Fellow of the Royal Institute of International Affairs. He previously wrote the acclaimed 7/7 What Went Wrong? (Gibson Square) and has written for The Times, Guardian, Telegraph and Independent as well as commented on intelligence for Channel 4, BBC, Sky and ITV.

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