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The Falklands War
This seminar was edited by Andrew Dorman, Michael D. Kandiah and Gillian Staerck.
Published 2005, CCBH. ISBN: 1905165072. CD-ROM: £10 plus postage. Hard copy: £12 plus postage.
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This seminar was held at the Joint Services Command and Staff College on 5 June 2002. It was chaired by Geoffrey Till, with a paper given by Lawrence Freedman.
Witnesses (with their position during the war) were:
• Air-Chief Marshal Sir Michael Armitage, KCB, KBE, Director of Service Intelligence;
• Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Michael Beetham, GCB, CBE, DFC, AFC, DL, FRAeS, Chief of Air Staff;
• Field Marshal The Lord Bramall of Bushfield, KG, GCB, OBE, MC, JP, Chief of General Staff;
• Captain Michael Clapp, CB, Commodore of Amphibious Warfare;
•The Rt. Hon. Lord Parkinson of Carnforth, PC, Chairman of the Conservative Party, Paymaster-General, 1981-3, and Member of the War Cabinet;
• Air Marshal Sir John Curtiss, KCB, KBE, FRAeS, Air-Officer Commanding No.18 Group RAF and Air Advisor to Commander-in-Chief Fleet;
• Sir Nicholas Henderson, GCMG, KCVO, HM Ambassador to the United States;
• Sir Roger Jackling, KCB, CBE, Head of DS11, Ministry of Defence;
• Major-General Sir Jeremy Moore, KCB, CB, OBE, MC, Land deputy to CINC Fleet and later Commander Land Forces Falkland Islands;
• The Rt. Hon. Sir John Nott, KCB, PC, Secretary of State for Defence;
• Admiral of the Fleet Sir Henry Leach, GCB, KCB, DL, First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff;
• Major General Julian Thompson CB, OBE, Commander 3 Commando Brigade;
• Admiral Sir John (Sandy) Woodward, GBE, KCB, Flag Officer First Flotilla and Senior Task Group Commander.
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